With McLaren no closer to returning to the top of F1, is a third reunion with Honda their best bet for 2026?
Ferrari, Mercedes, Alpine, Audi, Red Bull-Ford and Honda have all been listed by the FIA.Ferrari will power their own team, with Haas likely to remain one of their customers, while Mercedes have their works outfit alongside Aston Martin.Alpine are in a similar situation to the three aforementioned manufacturers, with a potential deal with Andrett in the pipeline.Honda have very few options for 2026 after deciding to end their official partnership with Red Bull at the end of 2021.
Should Honda want significant influence, or return as a factory outfit, AlphaTauri or even Williams are the best options on the table, however, given the amount of resources required - look at Audi and Sauber for example - that’s unlikely.A wild suggestion perhaps, but a third reunion with McLaren could be one that benefits all parties.
All the major players will have their own works engine deal for 2026 era, giving them a crucial advantage when it comes to chassis and engine integration. Ironically, it wasn’t until Red Bull’s tie-up with Honda - who parted ways with McLaren just a few years before - that they were able to challenge Mercedes consistently before toppling them in 2021 with Max Verstappen.
“By '24, we will have had it in place but not for the entire development of the '24 car. So '24 I'd like to think would be a good step forward, where I think we could be mixing it up on a more regular basis. The first resulted in F1’s best car to date - the iconic McLaren MP4/4 - which won 15 of the 16 races in 1988, leading 1003 of the 1050 laps that season.
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