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Honda CEO reportedly rules out return to Formula One

Things could hardly have played out worse for Honda. It has poured what surely amounted to billions of dollars for years into its Formula One team with little effect. Then it brought in Ross Brawn, only to withdrew its support from the squad, then it sold the entire operation to Brawn while paying out big bucks to avoid an even bigger severance bill. And only then did Brawn turn the F1 team into a winner. That'd be enough to send some automakers scurrying to get back in the game, but not Honda. The Japanese automaker's new CEO Tokanobu Ito ... Read more →

REPORT: Toyota woes spell trouble for Fuji Speedway Noah Joseph

In any game of chicken, it's all about who flinches first. Ever since its first running in 1963, the Japanese Grand Prix has bounced between Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, the former dominating ...

REPORT: Brawn GP to sell off Honda heritage collection Jonathon Ramsey

When Ross Brawn took over the artist formerly known as Honda F1, the other Formula 1 teams voted to allow Brawn GP to receive the commercial revenue owed to Honda. That was before Brawn started ...

Ex-Honda team Brawn GP dominates pre-season F1 tests Noah Joseph

Normally an off-season Formula One test session wouldn't be worth reporting to anyone but the most hard-core racing fans, but the motorsport press was shocked to see which team has emerged at the ...

Officially Official: Honda sells F1 team to Ross Brawn, Brawn GP launched Frank Filipponio

It's official: Honda has turned over their Formula 1 team to former Team Principal Ross Brawn. Although the terms of the transaction haven't been disclosed, Brawn picks up the whole operation in the ...

REPORT: Honda F1 team to be taken over by Brawn Sport 8 months ago on Autoblog

The former Honda F1 team has a white knight, and his name is Ross Brawn. The man originally brought in by former team principal Nick Fry to help turn the struggling team around has ended up taking control of it, along with four partners thought to include Fry and financial director Nigel Kerr. ...

Honda strikes an Accord, may stay in F1 after all 9 months ago on Autoblog

With the start of the 2009 Formula One championship approaching, reports from the motorsport press are suggesting that Honda's F1 team may be starting this season after all. Honda had announced it was withdrawing from the sport after last season, leaving team leaders Nick Fry and Ross Brawn to look ...

Honda F1 Roundup: Brawn, Schumacher and Ferrari 10 months ago on Autoblog

F1 teams change hands all the time, but when a major manufacturer pulls out of the sport, it's bound to trigger a rumor mill of tsunamic proportions. And that's exactly what's been going on in the motorsport press following Honda's announcement to cancel its F1 program. First came rumors that ...

Ferrari may supply engines for Honda's ex-F1 team 10 months ago on Autoblog

Ross Brawn, who joined the Honda F1 team as Technical Director in 2007 after an extremely successful stint across the paddock at Ferrari, has said that the now-ownerless ex-Honda F1 team he manages would like to ink a deal with its Italian competitor for engines to power its Formula 1 racers. Now ...

Psych! Honda F1 not being bought by Mexican billionaire 10 months ago on Autoblog

Have you heard the one about the former F1 team that gets bought by the Mexican billionaire? Yeah, well, we heard it, too, and it's completely untrue. Not only has Carlos Slim has not bought Honda, but a spokesman makes clear that "There is no deal for the Honda team. There is neither agreement nor ...

Honda F1 SOLD! to a man named Slim 10 months ago on Autoblog

According to La Stampa, Honda F1 has a buyer: Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim Helu. Reports claim he paid the single dollar Honda was asking. He trumped Force India F1 owner Vijay Mallya, who was suspected to want the Honda team only for its tech know-how, and Prodrive's Dave Richards. When ...

Prodrive/Aston chief David Richards considering Honda F1 buy-out 11 months ago on Autoblog

What goes around comes around, or so the saying goes. This is certainly true for Prodrive's front-man David Richards, who never seems to be lacking for opportunities. Having run racing programs for Subaru, Aston Martin, BMW, Porsche, MG, Alfa Romeo, Ford and Ferrari – to name just a few ...

Rumormill: Peugeot/Citroen to buy Honda F1? 11 months ago on Autoblog

Back when Alain Prost ran an F1 team, after jettisoning engines supplied by Mugen-Honda, it was Peugeot that left Jordan to sign up with Prost. Things didn't go well, and Peugeot jumped ship three years later. But it's possible that Peugeot feels it has some unfinished business in F1. Rumor has it ...

Officially Official: Honda exits F1 before 2009 season 11 months ago on Autoblog

Rumors yesterday indicated that Honda would be dropping out of Formula 1 for the 2009 season if a buyer wasn't quickly found. Today, CEO Takeo Fukui has made Honda's exit official. As you would imagine, racing at the top rung of motorsports is expensive, and despite the acknowledgment of such from ...

F1 teams spent over $3 billion, Toyota the most 1 year ago on Autoblog

While we knew Formula 1 racing was an expensive venture, leave it to the 2008/2009 edition of Formula Money to spell-out the jaw-dropping finances for us. According to their latest guide, the supporting cast will shell out over $3 billion this year in team resources -- with Toyota dropping more ...

Correction: Honda F1 not testing Danica, but would like to 1 year ago on Autoblog

Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That report was a false start: Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry said there was no arrangement for Danica to test, and that she and the team have had no contact. However, Fry did say that if she wanted to ...

The next Lewis Hamilton? Honda F1 signs 16-year-old Will Stevens 1 year ago on Autoblog

Imagine getting a contract with a major F1 team before you're even out of high school. That's what Lewis Hamilton got with McLaren when he was young(er), and what karting protégé Will Stevens has achieved with the Honda Racing F1 Team, reflecting a growing trend in motorsport ...

Geneva 2008: Honda F1 RA300 and RA108 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of Honda's 1967 RA300 and new RA108 Honda has a long history in grand prix racing. The sport's first Japanese team debuted with its own home-grown chassis and engine in 1964, taking its first victory in only its second year in Formula One at the 1965 Mexican Grand ...

Honda F1 bosses offer the entire staff $2,000 for a win 1 year ago on Autoblog

Let's get this straight: we are fans of the Honda F1 team. As cynical as everyone else makes the friends-of-the-earth thing out to be, Honda has put its paint where its money is by excluding sponsors logos from the car. Honda's problem, though, hasn't been its sentiment -- it's been the fact that ...

Honda unveils the new RA108... now with stripes 1 year ago on Autoblog

click to view in high resolution Honda Racing is the latest F1 team to officially unveil its new grand prix car with which it will be contesting the 2008 Formula One World Championship. While race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello have been shaking down the new RA108 at official test ...






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