Honda Racing F1

The Honda Racing F1 team is a Japanese owned F1 team. Throughout its history in F1 competitions, the Honda Racing F1 team has faired considerably well, but it is still far from winning a season title. But with persistent efforts in research and development, the future of Honda F1 may be brighter.

The Honda F1 racing team started joining the F1 competition in 1963, only three years after their first car was introduced to the market. During their stint from 1963-1969, the Honda Formula 1 team was able to reach the top spot for F1 races twice, that is, during the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix and the 1967 Italian Grand Prix. However, considering the fact that Formula 1 Honda cars were still young in the market, their performance in the F1 was quite respectable. Information about the historic Honda F1 cars can be found online, and these cars still look splendid even by modern standards.

The Honda F1 team did rather well during the 2006 season. This time, the Honda F1 cars were driven by Jenson Button and Rubens Barichello, who were both experienced drivers in the competition. The pre-season stats of the team were published in the Honda F1 news and the team was expected to have a good run during the championship alongside McLaren and Ferrari. The team challenged well, and F1 Honda driver Jenson Button made it to the winners circle thrice, winning once at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Honda Racing F1 finished 4th in the overall season standings.

The 2007 Honda F1 team is not doing so well compared to the previous seasons. The Honda Formula 1 cars are still driven by Barichello and Button, using the same Honda F1 gear, particularly the chassis and engines. There are three test drivers in the ’07 Honda F1 team, and they are Christian Klein, James Rossiter and Mike Conway.

The head of the operations or the “Team Boss” is Nick Fry. Just like any other F1 team, the operations department works very closely with the technical department, which is headed by Shuhei Nakamoto. The top management, which oversees the publicity of the Honda F1 team, is led by the General Manager of the Honda Motorsports, Yasuhiro Wada.

Even with the poor performance of Honda cars, the team manages to maintain a faithful following. Honda F1 fans are mostly Japanese. If you look at the website, most of the members of the development and the management divisions are Japanese. If you wish to find out about the latest developments about the Honda Racing F1 team, you can read the Honda F1 latest news at the Honda F1 official website.