Honda tips tsunodas 2026 fate to be known quickly

March 6, 2025

Yuki Tsunoda's fate becomes “very quickly” this season, says Honda's head of the Formula -1 activities.

Tsunoda is currently starting his fifth year in the Junior F1 team by Red Bull after being overlooked for the campaign to become Max Verstappen's new teammate.

Many believe that part of the reason for the Red Bull Racing Snub is that the work of the team to Honda ends this year. The Japanese manufacturer is currently designing its brand new 2026 engine exclusively for Aston Martin.

We strive for homologation in February 2026, Ouest-France newspaper quotes Hondas F1 project manager Tetsushi Kakuda as this week reveals.

Since we started a little late, we want to push things back until the last moment. It is difficult to say how much percent the progress we have made, but I think we have reached an important milestone.

Some believe that Tsunoda is very unlikely that it will be the Red Bull family, which is soon prospective, not hungry, and that Honda will urge the 24-year-old Japanese to Aston Martin.

Aston Martin put down these rumors and insisted that both Fernando Alonso and Lance walk are already under contract for 2026.

He is in the F1 in his fifth year and has a lot of experience, so I hope that he can make the best choice. Koji Watanabe, President of the Honda Racing Corporation, said this week when he was asked about Tsunoda.

I think this is a very important season, and the seat for the next year will probably be repaired very quickly, so I hope that he can use the timing and the opportunity to take the next step. I think he can he added.

But primarily I want you to achieve the best results this season.

(GMM)