Honda has announced its withdrawal from Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season, a decision that leaves Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri in need of new engine partners from 2022. Honda returned to Grand Prix racing in 2015 with McLaren, but the three-year partnership was an unmitigated disaster and led the Japanese manufacturer to transfer its engines to Toro Rosso in 2018, before adding Red Bull to its supply a year later. Honda enjoyed success with the Milton Keynes-based squad, winning four races with Max Verstappen, including this year's 70th Anniversary race at Silverstone, while AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly tagged on another win at Monza. However, the automobile industry's paradigm shift...
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