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Honda now fully focused on the result: 'As well prepared as possible'

Honda now fully focused on the result: 'As well prepared as possible'

06-10-2021 07:18 Last update: 08:17
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Honda wanted to celebrate its farewell to Formula 1 in front of packed grandstands in Japan, but the race in its home country will not take place this year. The Japanese brand has to make do with the Turkish fans but has thought of different ways to let the people at home participate as well.

Farewell for Honda

For Honda, its campaign in Formula 1 will come to an end at the end of 2021. The brand returned to the sport with McLaren in 2015, followed by a long and arduous road to the top. Now that it is finally competing for the world title with Red Bull Racing, it will still pull the plug on the project. For now, Honda is concentrating on winning the title and the next race in Turkey.

''The track itself has a good mix of all corner types from low to high speed, the most famous of which is the long multi-apex Turn 8 which places a lot of stress on the driver’s neck. At the last race, Max took his grid penalty and although he lost the championship lead, the gap to Hamilton is very small and now we can simply focus on getting the best possible result at each remaining race, starting this weekend in Turkey,'' said Toyoharu Tanabe in the preview from Honda.

Special day for Japanese fans

''On the original calendar, this weekend should have seen us racing in the Japanese Grand Prix and it’s a real shame we cannot do so, because of concerns over the pandemic. Everyone at Honda was very much looking forward to racing competitively at our home track, with our Japanese driver Yuki in his F1 debut season, which is also our last one in the sport.''

''We know the Japanese fans are also disappointed and so we have prepared various online events specifically for them, as well as something special at the Istanbul track. We are keen to get a good result with all four drivers across both teams in Turkey and we have been working hard and studying last year’s data to be as well prepared as possible,'' the Honda chief concluded.