Honda deelt update: 'Zo staan we ervoor met de motoren voor '26'

honda deelt update: 'zo staan we ervoor met de motoren voor '26'

Honda deelt update: ‘Zo staan we ervoor met de motoren voor ’26’

Na jarenlang enorme successen te hebben gevierd met Red Bull Racing, is Honda vanaf 2026 de motorenpartner van Aston Martin. De Japanners werken inmiddels hard aan die powerunits en – zo stelt HRC-president Koji Watanabe in gesprek met de Nederlandse tak van Motorsport.com – verloopt de ontwikkeling ervan voorspoedig. Dat is geen vanzelfsprekendheid, want Honda moest de F1-afdeling de afgelopen periode nagenoeg vanaf het nulpunt weer opbouwen.

Oorspronkelijk was Honda namelijk van plan om de Formule 1 te verlaten. Maar na de successen met Max Verstappen en Red Bull veranderden de Japanners van gedachten, en ze sloten alsnog een deal met Aston Martin. Een complicerende factor was wel dat een hoop engineers van het F1-project inmiddels elders (binnen de organisatie) onderdak hadden gevonden.

Honda zocht nieuw personeel voor de Formule 1

“Daardoor hebben we al deze posities weer opnieuw moeten invullen, al gaat dat niet volledig om dezelfde mensen. Sommige mensen zijn nog wel hetzelfde, maar voor andere posities was het iets moeilijker. Het heeft in ieder geval een beetje tijd nodig”, lijkt Watanabe de verwachtingen voor 2026 ietwat te temperen. Want het is een bekend gegeven in de Formule 1: het kost nou eenmaal tijd om met de juiste, nieuwe mensen een succesvolle krachtbron te produceren.

Toch is Honda ervan overtuigd dat het goed gaat komen met het project. De kennis over hoe een interne verbrandingsmotor te bouwen, die is wel aanwezig bij de Japanse fabrikant. Daarom ligt de focus momenteel op iets anders: “We focussen ons in eerste instantie op de elektrische kant van de motor, dus onze focus ligt nu vooral op de elektrische motoronderdelen en op de batterij. Dit werk verloopt volledig in lijn met onze eigen doelstellingen”, aldus Watanabe, die aangeeft dat parallel aan dit proces de interne verbrandingsmotor wordt gebouwd. Maar daarmee is nog een lange weg te gaan.

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