Somewhere above a man is toasting this with a hearty "kanpai!" and shaking his head about the kids doing it with water-cooled engines, of all things!
Been 30 years since the last one. Good show, Honda.
And here we are!flexcon wrote: ↑17 Mar 2021, 12:08I raised a similar pondering question.Sulman wrote: ↑15 Mar 2021, 02:41There's a strange vibe around Honda this year. They don't look like an organization that is going to throw in the towel at the end of the year. Imagine if they take the championship with Red Bull, maybe a podium or two for Tsunoda in the bargain, and then leave. In their moment of triumph? That's very un-japanese.
It's as if there is a faction within the company that has an appetite for F1, and they're going for it.
So the engine regs freeze end of the year = Near zero development costs.
Honda is still seemingly pouring lots of money and resources right until midnight end of the year.
Honda has agreed to give substantial people over as part of the Engine deal.
So why not stay in F1 now? Little to no development costs, you don't loose so many talented engineers to Redbull, and you get HONDA on the rear wing. You enjoy your Glory.
I would have thought it's no more cheaper to pull out then to stay on. The only costs being the engine build and some staff.
Can you explain please ?
They decided to leave in early/mid 2020... till then Honda F1 was only know for the "GP2 engine".
They have already publicly committed to this statement, so the high up management probably feel they have to make a move some time so just as well carry through what they planned.
Which videos are you talking about?