The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team is delighted to announce that INEOS will become a one third shareholder in the team, which will be owned in three equal parts by Daimler AG, INEOS and Toto Wolff. The INEOS one-third stake in the team will be in addition to its existing role as Principal Partner. In parallel, Daimler will reduce its current 60% shareholding and Toto Wolff increase his current 30%, in order to create three equal partners in the company. Since the Mercedes-Benz work...
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Honda-powered team second in Constructors' World Championship for first time since 2004   Most podium finishes for Honda since 1991

The 2020 Formula 1 World Championship was one of the most challenging in decades as the global COVID-19 pandemic delayed and then compressed a 17-race season into 23 weeks of competition.

But showing the challenging spirit inherent in Honda's philosophy, the engine manufacturer responded with one of its most successful seasons...
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YAS ISLAND, Abu Dhabi •Red Bull driver rolls to his second win of the year •Alex Albon fourth, closes 2020 with four straight top-seven finishes •All four Hondas qualify in top 10 for third time in last five races Honda saved its best for last, starting the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole and leading every lap as Aston Martin Red Bull's Max Verstappen rolled his Honda engine to a convincing victory in Sunday's 2020 Formula 1 World Championship finale. Honda showed a hint of thin...
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• Max Verstappen eliminated in first-lap incident •Daniil Kvyat scores best starting spot of 2020 season •Alex Albon makes late charge to place sixth It took just four turns for Honda's race plans to receive an emergency rewrite in Sunday's F1 Sakhir Grand Prix, but the Aston Martin Red Bull and Scuderia AlphaTauri teams persevered to earn a pair of top-seven results in the penultimate race of the 2020 Formula One World Championship season in Bahrain. Red Bull's Alex Albon made up four p...
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• Max Verstappen second, Alex Albon finishes third •Team's first double podium result of 2020 season •Pierre Gasly scores third top-six result in last five starts Honda-powered Formula 1 racers took different routes to the front in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, but in the end three Honda engines finished in the top six for the first time in 25 races (Germany, 2019). Max Verstappen and Alex Albon gave the manufacturer its first double-podium finish of 2020, while Pierre Gasly came home in six...
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• Max Verstappen fourth front-row start of 2020 •Alex Albon posts best finish in last five starts Wet conditions and a tight race track made for a trying day at Istanbul Park Sunday, but the Honda-powered Formula 1 teams were able to make strong qualifying runs hold up for a pair of top-seven finishes in the Turkish Grand Prix. The Aston Martin Red Bull squad was poised for a strong afternoon as Max Verstappen gridded second while Alex Albon took the fourth starting spot – marking the tea...
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W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers only, is pleased to announce the first details of its 2021 on-track racing season, in partnership with Formula 1. The 2021 W Series calendar will include eight Formula 1 support races. The precise locations and dates of the rounds will be announced in due course. Catherine Bond Muir, W Series Chief Executive Officer, said: 'After such a successful inaugural season 2019, we at W Series are absolut...
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Pierre Gasly matches career-best starting position Max Verstappen running second when tire failed 11-race podium streak snapped Halloween was the day before, but the Fates saved the tricks for Sunday as Honda's Formula 1 teams suffered a pair of unkind results in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. The day did have a late treat however, and despite failures that stole potential podium finishes from Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly, Scuderia AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat parlayed a la...
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Kimi Raikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi have been confirmed as drivers of the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Formula One team for the 2021 season. The most experienced driver in the history of Formula One (F1), Kimi Raikkönen made his F1 debut in 2001. The 41-year-old Finn, World Champion in 2007, has been an invaluable contributor to the team over the last two seasons. Kimi Raikkönen: 'Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN is more than a team to me, it is like a second family. So many of the faces that...
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•At the 2020 Imola Grand Prix, the C39 race car will showcase a celebratory livery designed by the Alfa Romeo Centro Stile Alfa Romeo and Sauber Motorsport will join forces, once again, for the Formula One World Championship. The partnership between two of the most recognized brands in motorsports started in 2018, when Alfa Romeo joined the team as title sponsor. The past two years the team has scored hard-earned points in both the driver and constructor championships, battling for a top eigh...
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• Max Verstappen earns ninth podium finish of 2020 •Pierre Gasly scores second top-five result of season •11th consecutive podium for Honda Max Verstappen overcame a slippery start and slight contact on the opening lap of Sunday's Portugal Grand Prix to earn his ninth Formula 1 podium finish of the year, finishing third at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Verstappen started in the top three and was fighting for second before brief contact with Sergio Perez dropped him to fifth. Un...
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• British rising star Hoggard receives prize test in Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car •AMABA winner completes 21 laps of legendary Silverstone Grand Prix circuit •Aston Martin's first AMABA winner impresses on F1 test debut British racing driver Johnathan Hoggard made a big impression on his first test in an Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car on Tuesday (20 October) – part of his prize for winning the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award. The 19...
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• Red Bull driver earns seventh podium finish of 2020 •AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat cards third consecutive top-nine finish •All four Honda-powered drivers score championship points For the first time in 2020, all Honda-powered Formula 1 drivers tallied championship points as drivers from Aston Martin Red Bull and Scuderia AlphaTauri each finished in the top 10 in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen led the way for Honda, running a strong second to Valtteri Bottas in gathering his s...
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• Red Bull driver makes late-race pass to secure third place •AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat finishes season-best seventh •Verstappen, Gasly eliminated in opening lap fracas Honda's Formula 1 program is quickly developing a soft spot in its collective heart for Italy. Last week at Monza, Pierre Gasly earned his maiden series victory for Honda and this week saw another first for a Honda-powered driver as Alex Albon placed third at Mugello to score his first F1 podium finish. Albon started four...
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• Gasly leads final 26 laps to score maiden F1 win •Honda first engine manufacturer in hybrid era to win with two different teams •Gasly first French driver to win F1 race since 1996 In a topsy-turvy year, Sunday's Italian Grand Prix will be remembered as one of the most interesting of the new decade as Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly took his Honda engine to the first win of his young career. Gasly took the lead on Lap 29 when Lewis Hamilton pitted to serve a penalty for entering a c...
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• Verstappen third in race, still second in point standings •Trio of Honda-powered cars score championship points •Pierre Gasly voted Driver of the Day by fans Max Verstappen racked up a sixth consecutive Formula 1 podium on Sunday at the Belgian Grand Prix, running a competitive third behind a pair of Mercedes drivers in his Honda-powered Aston Martin Red Bull. Verstappen's solid finish in a largely uneventful race again led a trio of Hondas that earned championship points at the fabled...
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• Verstappen earns fifth consecutive podium •Trio of Honda-powered cars score championship points •Verstappen second in the Formula 1 driver standings Max Verstappen continued his strong run in the Aston Martin Red Bull Honda as the Formula 1 World Championship journeyed to Barcelona for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, finishing second to earn his fifth consecutive podium result. Verstappen's strong second-place finish paced a trio of Hondas that earned championship points at Circuit de Bar...
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• Verstappen wins by more than 11 seconds •Alex Albon earns third top-five finish of season •Honda wins British GP for first time since 1989 Max Verstappen paired a well-driven opening stint with strong engine performance to run away with Sunday's Emirates 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, scoring the first win of the Formula 1 season for the Aston Martin Red Bull Honda. The Red Bull strategy of starting Verstappen on the hard Pirelli tires paid dividends early as he moved from...
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•Disaster averted when Aston Martin Red Bull team fixes car on pre-race grid •Max Verstappen earns season-best result after starting seventh •Alex Albon gains eight spots to finish fifth in Red Bull Honda July 19, 2020 — MOGYOROD, Hungary The moments leading to the start of a Formula 1 race are usually fairly sedate ones as everything that can be done to help a team win has usually already been done. But thanks to Max Verstappen's spin on his way to a wet pre-race grid, the 20 mi...
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•Alex Albon's late-race fight secures strong fourth-place finish •Daniil Kvyat scores championship point for AlphaTauri •Three of four Honda-powered cars earn points-paying finishes July 12, 2020 — SPIELBERG, Styria, Austria As Formula 1 returned to the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the second-consecutive week, the Honda-powered Aston Martin Red Bull cars fulfilled the promise they showed last week, finishing third and fourth in Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen took Hon...
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