Honda Racing F1
Full name | Honda Racing F1 Team |
Base | Brackley, Northamptonshire, |
Team principal | Ross Brawn |
2008 Formula One season | |
Race drivers | Jenson Button |
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.[1]
History
Tyrrell Racing → British American Racing → Honda Racing F1 → Brawn GP → Mercedes GP
Honda Racing F1 Media
Restored 1965 Honda RA272, the first Japanese car to win in Formula One. The car is painted in the racing colours of Japan.
John Surtees and Yoshio Nakamura at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix.
The all-conquering Honda RA168E V6 turbo used in the McLaren MP4/4 and Lotus 100T in 1988.
The 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4.
Honda RA005E Engine as supplied to BAR for 2005.
Rubens Barrichello driving for Honda at the 2006 Brazilian GP.
Rubens Barrichello driving the Honda RA107 at the 2007 British Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso driving the McLaren-Honda MP4-31 in 2016.