At the end of the 2021 season, Honda Motor will stop supplying engines to First Formula One (F-1) teams and focus on developing zero-emission technologies, the Japanese automaker said on Friday.
The decision to leave the F-1 circulation company was made in late September and does not plan to return, Takahiro Hachigo, head of Honda Motor, told an online press conference in Tokyo. He stressed that the decision was not caused by a coronavirus pandemic, but by the company’s long-term goal of achieving carbon neutrality.
In an effort to develop zero-emission technologies, Honda will accelerate the development of energy cells and batteries. The company’s goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
The F-1 Honda returned in 2015 and its engines will be used by two teams in the 2020 season – Red Bull and Alpha Tauri. In the last two years, Honda-powered vehicles have been the fastest in five races.
Honda said it would make every effort to achieve the best possible F-1 in partnership with Red Bull and Alpha Tauri by the end of the 2021 season.
In addition to Honda engines, F-1 teams are also supplied by Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari.
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