Several F1 teams interested in engine supply deal – Honda

Japan’s Honda has revealed a number of Formula 1 teams have raised an interest for an engine supply deal from 2026 after the the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer registered for the new regulations.

Power unit regulations will change in 2026 with the alterations aimed at enticing new manufacturers into the sport.

“After we made the registration we have been contacted by multiple Formula 1 teams,” Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe said.

The Japanese manufacturer, though, have yet to commit to anyone.

Honda officially walked away from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, the Japanese manufacturer having wrapped up a Drivers’ Championship title with Red Bull and Max Verstappen.

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“For the time being we would like to keep a close eye on where Formula 1 is going and just see how things go,” Watanabe added.

“For now, we don’t have any concrete decisions on whether or not we will be going back to joining Formula 1.

“But from the perspective of technological development, we think that being part of Formula 1 is going to help us with technological development.

“So that is were we are.”

Whilst Ford and Audi have taken that step, there was surprise when the FIA confirmed Honda’s registration with a view to rejoining the grid having left at the end of 2021, though it continues to support Red Bull.