Honda Racing F1 facts for kids
Full name | Honda Racing F1 Team |
Base | Brackley, Northamptonshire, |
Team principal | ![]() |
2008 Formula One season | |
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Chassis | Honda RA108 |
Engine | Honda RA808E V8 |
Tyres | Bridgestone |
Formula One World Championship Career | |
Debut | 2006 Australian Grand Prix |
Last race | 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Races competed | 53 |
Race victories | 8 |
Pole positions | 1 |
Podiums | 4 |
2006 position | 4th (86 points) |
2007 position | 8th (6 points) |
2008 position | 9th (14 points) |
Honda Racing F1, was a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. Honda F1 originally started in 1964 and were in F1 until 1968 when after the death of one of their drivers, Honda decided to leave Formula 1. Then, in 2006 Honda bought British American Racing to who it already supplied Honda engines. With the partnership of former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello and former BAR driver Jenson Button, the 'new' Honda F1 team won its first, and only, race in 2006 when Jenson Button won the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. Then in 2008 due to the recession, Honda announced they would leave F1. Not too long after, Ross Brawn bought out the team and renamed it Brawn GP, and ran the team in the 2009 season.
History
Tyrrell Racing → British American Racing → Honda Racing F1 → Brawn GP → Mercedes GP
Images for kids
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John Surtees and Yoshio Nakamura at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix.
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Honda RA121E V12 engine as supplied to McLaren for the 1991 season.
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Honda RA005E Engine as supplied to BAR for 2005.
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Rubens Barrichello driving the Honda RA107 at the 2007 British Grand Prix.
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Rubens Barrichello driving the Honda RA108 at the 2008 Australian Grand Prix.
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Fernando Alonso driving the McLaren-Honda MP4-31 in 2016.
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Pierre Gasly at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix
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Max Verstappen scored his first pole position at the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with the Honda-powered AlphaTauri AT01.
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Max Verstappen won the 2021 World Championship driving the Red Bull-Honda RB16B.
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