Honda hopes it can one day be reunited with Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen after it moves its engine supply from Red Bull to Aston Martin for 2026.
Honda has powered Verstappen to all three of his world championships so far, with the Dutchman the overwhelming favourite to add a fourth straight title this year. The Japanese marque has also clinched two constructors' championships with Red Bull, the culmination of an initially troubled F1 return with McLaren in 2015. Verstappen's relationship with Honda is set to end in 2026, when it will become the works partner of Aston Martin.
Of course, the team management is important and the machinery is important as well, but the combination is crucial and one important piece of that is Max.' Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images Watanabe said Verstappen's victory in the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, the first win of the Red Bull Honda era and Honda's first F1 win in 13 years, is his best memory of the manufacturer's Red Bull partnership.
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