Bojan Vrbnjak
The economic situation is Hondo forced into change. In the background falling sales in great challenges in view alternative drives, is the president of Honda Takahiro Hachiga pulled the handbrake. Honda will exit after the end of the 2021 season Formula 1 and will use the resources it currently uses in the royal motorsport class for more environmentally friendly propulsion systems.
With that, both teams of the bull stable, Red Bull in Alpha Tauri, for the 2022 season left without engines. Who are you McLaren in Honda at the end of 2017 separated because they missed common goals, they are The Japanese started working with the team Toro Rosso (today AlphaTauri). 2018 was largely a school year, but already last year showed a significant growing trend, which was crowned with second place Pierre Gaslya in Brazil and third place Daniil Kvyat in Hockenheim. This year is the team Alpha Tauri skillfully took advantage of the circumstances of the turbulent race Grand Prix of Italy in Monza, so it is gasly was the first to cross the finish line. Honda is in the hybrid period Formula 1 the only manufacturer to win with two teams.
Franz tost, team boss Alpha Tauri, said of the departure of the Japanese: “Since we started our collaboration in 2018, we have built a very close and professional relationship. Our partnership was definitely very successful with one win and three podiums. It’s really a shame because this is going to end because Honda has gotten better and better. Because of this, I am also convinced that we will achieve great success together in the rest of the time," so Austrian. "We respect Honda's decision to focus on developing more environmentally friendly drives, and we wish them all the best. Thank you for your fruitful cooperation. It will not be easy to find a motor partner like Honda. But now we will start by evaluating all the variants to have the best possible power units in the 2022 season," Ends Tost.
