Five drivers received new examples of engines, turbochargers, MGU-H and MGU-K ahead of the seventh race of this year’s F1 Championship in France and now all drivers are on the second of a total of three engines allowed in the season.

The Yuki Tsunoda became the first driver to use the second of a total of three engines allowed this season as Honda replaced all other power unit components after his crash in the Imola qualifying.

AlphaTauri’s F1 team boss Franz Tost says Honda is responsible for 70% of the progress of their new car for 2021 in the year the teams were forced to use last year’s chassis.

Honda’s F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe revealed that they have prepared a completely new power unit for 2021 and explained in which areas they have made progress compared to 2020 unit.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko believes his team is 'more prepared than ever’ to challenge Mercedes in the title race and that Honda’s new engine is a ‘true work of art’.

Red Bull Racing has unveiled a new F1 car for 2021 called the RB16B because of the large number of parts it shares with its predecessor the RB16 and with which they hope to threat Mercedes in their last season with Honda.

The second Red Bull F1 team AlphaTauri presented their new F1 car for 2021 named AT02 which is the last car that will officially use Honda engines and thus became the second team behind McLaren to present the car for the new season.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has revealed that Red Bull will set up a new company to prepare and test Honda engines that it will continue to use next year thanks to a decision to freeze engine development that takes effect at the start of 2022 F1 season.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes the freeze on engine development from 2022 is good for all manufacturers to reduce costs ahead of the arrival of new power units in 2025, not just for Red Bull who will be able to continue using Honda engines.

Red Bull’s second F1 team AlphaTauri will unveil their new 2021 F1 car on February 19, four days after McLaren will unveil their new Mercedes powered MCL35M.