Pierre Gasly feels Honda’s name returning to the Red Bull and AlphaTauri cars reflects little has changed since the engine supplier’s official withdrawal from F1.
Nothing has changed between Red Bull and Honda, apart from ‘a bit of paperwork’Pierre Gasly feels Honda’s name returning to the Red Bull and AlphaTauri cars reflects that very little has changed since the engine supplier’s official withdrawal from F1.
But it was anything but a ‘hard’ departure in the sense that ties were not completely severed, even though Red Bull Powertrains was established to take over the engine programme for the two teams owned by the Austrian energy drink giant. Now, in the build-up to the Japanese Grand Prix in their homeland, it has been confirmed Honda’s logo will be back on the Red Bull and AlphaTauri cars in addition to that of HRC, their racing department.driver Gasly’s mind, that makes perfect sense – because it feels to him like Honda have never really left.being strongly linked with a switch to the Alpine/Renault works team for next year“I’ve still been working with the same engineers, I’ve still been in contact with my Honda guys.
“I’ve been working with them for many years. I know how efficient they are and when they really want something, they make it happen. I think it’s really great to see them committing to Formula 1 in the way they are doing.”
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