Masashi yamamoto, General Manager Honda in Formula 1, is for French colleagues from the weekly Car Hebdo said the Japanese brand is currently considering completion new engine to supply teams before saying goodbye to Formula 1 at the end of the season.
"We are talking about this now,”He admitted Japanese. "Personally, it saddens me that we are leaving the sport. I would like Honda to stay, but I respect and understand the decision that was made,He added Yamamoto, which says that the directors Honda decided to leave Formula 1 in order to place more emphasis electrical technology. However, the Japanese admitted that there will be some employees Hondawhich are current in Red Bullu, moved to a new company Red Bull powertrains. The next step could be to have some Honda staff from Japan join the new project. “Currently, these employees are not planning to move to Red Bull, but this could happen at the end of the season,”He admitted Yamamoto.
In the current time, however Honda commits to doing everything she can to help this year Max Verstappn in Red Bullu in the fight for the title against Mercedes. "I’m sure we’ve done everything we can so far to compete with Mercedes. Red Bull it also gave us the opportunity to make the most of our last season with this new engine. In terms of power, the engines are now very close. The differences are now mainly due to the individual track and conditions. We need to continue to develop the engine."