Japanese car manufacturer Honda has strengthened its ties with F1 teams Red Bull and AlphaTauri ahead of their first home F1 race since 2019, and their logo will return to F1 cars and remain on them after the Japanese Grand Prix.

Red Bull and their engine supplier Honda are considering introducing a fifth internal combustion engine for Max Verstappen who is battling Lewis Hamilton for the championship, but will only decide on that when they arrive in Saudi Arabia.

Max Verstappen will use the engine from the last race at Silverstone in the first free practice in Hungary, despite the fierce collision he had after contact with Lewis Hamilton, confirmed Honda.

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.