Christian Horner is not ruling out an eventual return to F1 for Honda.
Honda gave Red Bull more than 14 months’ notice that they would leave F1 at the end of the 2021 campaign – which they did on a glorious high as Max Verstappen clinched the Drivers’ World Championship in Abu Dhabi.
That suggests the door remains ajar for the Japanese company to potentially make a comeback for 2026, especially now a Red Bull partnership with Porsche, which had appeared on the brink of being announced, is now off the table with talks having broken down. “But maybe there are elements that might want to come back in. With the 50-50 split between combustion and electrical power for the future power unit, maybe that is a route for them to retain an involvement in Formula 1.
Horner believes the growing interest in Formula 1 means manufacturers are being swayed not to put all their eggs in the EV basket just yet, even if that is their public message.“It’s great that the manufacturers are coming in,” said Horner. “It just demonstrates how relevant Formula 1 is and how strong its marketing presence is because we’ve seen viewing figures we’ve never seen before. So it’s a case of the manufacturers sort of can’t afford not to be in.
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