Honda has confirmed that its 2026 Method 1 energy unit can be unveiled on 20 January throughout an occasion in Tokyo.
The 2026 season will kick off Honda’s partnership with the Aston Martin F1 group.
After parting methods with Crimson Bull on the finish of 2025, because the Milton Keynes outfit strikes to provide Crimson Bull Powertrains in collaboration with Ford, the Japanese producer signed solely with Aston Martin as its energy unit associate.
The facility unit launch occasion can be streamed reside on YouTube. Honda Motor Co. president and CEOÂ Toshihiro Mibe can be current together with the chief chairman of Aston Martin Lawrence Stroll, and F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali.
“That is the Japanese marque’s first energy unit beneath the dramatically reformed rules which sees 50% inner combustion energy and 50% electrical energy,” Honda mentioned in an announcement.
“At this occasion, we are going to share the aspirations of Honda and Aston Martin Aramco Method One Staff as we tackle the problem of competing in F1, the top of motorsport. We can even clarify the brand new rules and reveal our new energy unit for the upcoming season.”
Honda added: “2026 marks the beginning of Honda’s new period in F1, having first entered in 1964. Since then, Honda has established itself as one of the profitable energy unit producers within the sport’s historical past.”
2026 brings in a brand new wave of rules to Method 1, which incorporates energy models with a 50/50 cut up between inner combustion and engine energy with sustainable gasoline.
Along with the brand new energy unit partnership, Aston Martin can even head into 2026 with former Crimson Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey as group principal and managing technical associate. Andy Cowell, who served as group principal of the Silverstone outfit in 2025, will transfer to the position of chief technique officer in 2026.
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