Honda introduces the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls racing team to face the 2024 F1 racing season. This team from Faenza, Italy is again relying on an engine from Honda which has been used since 2018. They gave the name “land jet: that is VCARB 01 which is powered by an RBPTH002 engine with a capacity 1.6 liter V6 Turbo Hybrid. The car or chassis design is new, the livery is also a new dominant blue color combined with white and red paint.
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Honda has been involved in Formula 1 racing for 60 years
So far he has collected 89 wins, 223 podiums, 3,409 points, 90 pole positions, 76 fastest laps
The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls racing team is strengthened by drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo in the 2024 F1 racing season. The team will start a series of new car trials on February 21-23, at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. They will start the inaugural Formula 1 racing series this season on February 29 to March 2 2024, which also starts in Bahrain.
Just so you know, 2024 is a special year for Honda. Because they are also celebrating 60 years of participation in Formula 1 racing. Honda started its work in Formula 1 at the 1964 German Grand Prix with the legendary racing car, namely the Honda RA271. And it only took one season to achieve his first victory at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix. Then he won the first constructors’ world title with the Williams team in 1986.
Koji Watanabe, President of HRC said, “We are very enthusiastic and proud to celebrate 60 years of our participation in Formula 1 racing. We really hope to make another achievement in this special year with our two racing teams, namely Oracle Red Bull Racing and also Visa Racing Bulls Cash App. We have been together for six years with the team, which started in 2018. Our collaboration succeeded in winning the Italian Grand Prix in 2020. Honda will again provide technical support, namely Honda racing engines, for both teams for the 2024 season.”
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Throughout Honda’s participation in Formula 1 racing, they managed to collect 89 wins, 223 podiums, 3,409 points, 90 pole positions, 76 fastest laps. Then there were 6 constructor world championship titles, namely in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Apart from that, Honda also won 6 world championships in the racer category six times, also from 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 2021.
“Honda has a long history in Formula 1 and we are very proud to be part of Honda’s long history. We will continue the partnership that has been built with Honda since 2018 for 2024. “Moreover, this year is a very special year for technical partners which is also very special for us,” said Peter Bayer, CEO of Visa Cash App Racing Bulls.
The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls team was previously known as the Scuderia AlphaTauri team from 2020 to 2023 as a continuation of the Scuderia Toro Rosso team. Until last year, the Scuderia AlphaTauri team had managed to achieve one victory, two podiums, two fastest laps. (ALX/ODI)
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