New : High resolution photo of Honda's Formula-1 engine

Honda has published an official page for their Formula-1 engine that they will be supplying to the McLaren team as part of their joint F1 racing efforts in next year's season. The page can be accessed by going to the link http://world.honda.com/Formula-1/powerunit/05/ .

Honda has also provided a high resolution photo of the engine which is only available for download by media. We have downloaded that photo for you below.

Honda will also be providing a video of the F1 engine on October 6th so make sure to visit their worldwide website at http://world.honda.com on that date.

Honda also provided the following comments by Yasuhisa Arai, Senior Managing Officer of Honda R&D Co., Ltd., who is heading the F1 Project: 

"Working toward Honda's F1 participation starting in the 2015 season, development of the power unit is entering its prime phase at our R&D facility in Sakura (Tochigi, Japan), where we transferred our automobile motor sports development earlier this year. In addition to conducting simulations, we have moved onto the next stage where we conduct full-fledged bench tests of the engine while connecting the turbocharger and energy recovery systems. In the meantime, our racing operation base in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, has become fully operational. At this time, we are unveiling an image of our power unit that is under development. The whole team is concentrating on this development, getting ready for the forthcoming start of F1 participation in 6 months. Please stay tuned for further updates."

Exhibition Overview for Round 15 Japan Grand Prix 2013 FIA F1 World Championship Series

From October 10 to 13, Round 15 Japan Grand Prix 2013 FIA F1 World Championship at Suzuka Circuit , Honda will exhibit the F1 cars of yesteryears at the Honda booth. To Honda, F1 has always represented a symbol of the spirit of challenge and passion for motor sports and this is in line with Honda rejoining F1 racing in 2015.

1965 RA272

1990 MP 4/5B

2006 RA106

The race cars on display includes the "Honda RA272", the first F1 machine which mounted the first F1 challenge, the "McLaren Honda MP4/5B", from the second period which gave Honda the 69 victories and the "Honda RA106", which marked Honda's return to F1 with a race victory in 2006 after 8 years of absence. These three machines symbolized each period of Honda's participation in F1.

In addition, Honda also invited Mr. Satoru Nakajima and Aguri Suzuki for the "Honda F1 talk show". Catch the exhibits of these Honda racers at the Japanese GP if you are there!

■ Exhibition car (planned)


1965 Honda RA272

Richie Ginther won the Mexico GP, the final round of the F1 World Championship in 1965, and brought Honda its first F1 victory. He led the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix from start to finish, and made the RA272 the first Japanese car to win a Formula One Grand Prix.


1990 McLaren Honda MP4/5B

MP4 / 5 machine had a naturally aspirated V-10 cylinder engine following FIA regulation changes and Ayrton Senna won his second drivers 'championship along with Honda winning the Constructors' title for three consecutive years.


2006 Honda RA106

In 2006, Jenson Button won the Hungary GP with the RA106, a machine Honda produced as a works' team.