Honda’s official involvement in Formula 1 ended, at least for now, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen clinching the 2021 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Once again there is a great sense, shared by Honda F1 boss Masashi Yamamoto, that the Japanese manufacturer – having last quit F1 at the end of 2008 only to see their team, rebranded as Brawn GP, storm to the 2009 title – have left too soon. Here, we tell the tales of Honda’s misery with McLaren and their subsequent rise with Red Bull through the major highs and lows of their latest F1 stint. Low: Alonso’s 2015 testing crash The first major mistake of the mutant McLaren-Honda era was the engine manufacturer’s decision to return...
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