Red Bull has bid farewell to Honda after its eight-year partnership came to an end.
The Japanese manufacturer will partner with Aston Martin as its exclusive power unit supplier from 2026, while Red Bull will develop its own power unit through Red Bull Powertrains, in collaboration with Ford.
Honda’s relationship with Red Bull began with Toro Rosso (now Racing Bulls) in 2018 before expanding to work with the Milton Keynes outfit in 2019. Over the course of the partnership, the team won two constructors’ championships in 2022 and 2023 and four consecutive drivers’ championships with Max Verstappen from 2021 to 2024.
To mark the end of their time together, Red Bull and Racing Bulls shared a video of highlights from the last eight years.
“With 71 Formula 1 wins, 140 podiums and four Drivers’ World Championships across Oracle Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, our eight-year partnership with Honda has been truly iconic!” the team wrote in the caption.
“Take a look back at our greatest moments together from the last eight seasons, including our first win with Honda at the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly’s win at Monza in 2020, Max’s maiden world title in Abu Dhabi 2021, and so many more!
“We will always carry Honda’s spirit with us.”
Verstappen got behind the wheel of the RB16B, in which he won his first title, around the streets of Tokyo in April. Speaking at the time, he said it was a “goodbye for now”.
“It’s been a ride that I enjoyed a lot,” the Dutchman said.
“Of course before we started working with Honda, we had our success. But I could have never imagined the heights that we got to, winning four championships together.
“I want to try and just enjoy the weekend, try to go as fast as you can, but it’s more about also just remembering all that we have achieved together in the sport and who knows, of course, in the future as well?
“You know what can be done. So it’s like a goodbye for now, but that’s it. I’m still quite young and you never know what happens in the future.”
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