Honda has a clear opinion: “We want the title of F1 and Aston Martin” – News

and VALERIO BARRETTA

Honda’s prospects in 2026

After the current interesting cycle with Red Bull, the Honda A challenge awaits which will be full of unknowns. In fact, the new 2026 power units are just around the corner, which the Japanese will supply to Aston Martin, an ambitious team that has never won anything in Formula 1. Whether the combination will be successful is impossible to say until 2026, for sure. at Silverstone we are working towards that season. And even at Honda they do not rest on their current success, but pursue new challenges.

Watanabe words

WHO WatanabeHRC president, confirmed that Lawrence Stroll’s thirst for success is fully accepted by the Japanese: “Our ambition is to be world champions from 2026 onwards. We know it will be very difficult, but we need big goals to do our best together with Aston Martin“, this is an announcement of his words Automatic games. “With Lawrence and Toshihiro Mibe (President of Honda, ed.) We have set ourselves the goal of becoming champions in 2026. Stroll’s passion and leadership and the money he invested in Silverstone really impressed us: we made the decision to join them, while other teams had also contacted us to supply electric units.“.

The path, of course, is not easy, even for those who have been in F1 (although not regularly) for 60 years: “Maybe we are still missing something. Aston Martin must say what we are missing and we must do the same with them. It’s an honest conversation to be a top class team“.

Update with Alonso

Certainly assurances about Stroll’s ambitions with Honda for 2026 also reached Fernando Alonso. Last week, in fact, the two-time world champion extended his contract with Aston Martin until at least 2026. The Spaniard is chasing that title, taking it at the age of 45 with the team he has made a bold bet on in the summer. 2022 will be a historic feat.