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Rubens Barrichello is hopeful the improvements introduced by his Honda team for the European season will allow them to make it into Q3 in all races.
Barrichello, who has not scored any points since the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, believes Honda have taken a step forward and is adamant the team are now very close to […]

Super Aguri Honda has today released another statement with regard to the future of the Formula One team. As widely reported, the team had hoped to conclude a deal with the Magma Group, but the deal did not go ahead as planned. Last Wednesday the team confirmed that `its investors no longer wish to fund […]

With a three-week break between races, Honda’s Jenson Button would be forgiven for taking a little time off ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Button, however, has been hard at work training for the Barcelona race and on Sunday even took part in an amateur athletic competition.
The ‘Sevenoaks Triathlon’, which took place in Kent, […]

Honda Racing are confident they can maintain the rate of progress they have shown at the start of the season thanks to the upgrades they plan to introduce at this weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix.
The Japanese manufacturer tried out aerodynamic improvements, revised suspension and other mechanical changes during last week`s test at Barcelona, and the run […]

Ross Brawn, Team Principal
Q. How do you expect the Honda Racing F1 Team to perform at the SpanishGrand Prix?
RB: “The team has made good progress at each race so far this season,gaining in confidence and performing better on each occasion. Our recentdevelopment push on the RA108 with a new aerodynamic package, suspensionmodifications and driveability improvements […]

Honda Racing are confident they can maintain the rate of progress they have shown at the start of the season thanks to the upgrades they plan to introduce at this weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix.
The Japanese manufacturer tried out aerodynamic improvements, revised suspension and other mechanical changes during last week`s test at Barcelona, and the run […]

Round four of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship takes the Honda Racing F1 Team to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix. The 66-lap race is held at the 4.655km (2.892mile) Circuit de Catalunya and marks the start of Formula One`s European season.
The track has staged the Spanish Grand Prix every year since 1991 […]

The Honda Formula One team has backed next year`s proposed banning of tyre warming blankets.Active race and test drivers have recently flagged the ban, set to coincide with the return of slick tyres in 2009, as a safety concern after the initial development compounds offered by Bridgestone proved difficult to get up to speed on […]

Rubens Barrichello is optimistic Honda can break into the points at next weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix following a successful test for the team’s new aerodynamic package in Barcelona this week.
Honda have yet to score in 2008, but after running almost 220 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya on Tuesday and Wednesday, Barrichello believes the Japanese […]

The Honda Racing F1 Team returned to the test track this week following the first three races of the 2008 Formula One season.
With the majority of teams in action at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, this week`s four-day test has allowed Honda to prepare for the next race on the calendar, the Spanish Grand […]

Innovations, but unsure of relative progress With the majority of teams in action at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, this week’s four-day test has allowed Honda to prepare for the next race on the calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix, which takes place next weekend…
 

Rubens Barrichello this week confirmed that he is seeking a new contract to keep racing beyond 2008.The Formula One veteran`s current deal with Honda expires at the end of the season.According to F1`s official website, the 35-year-old matched Riccardo Patrese`s all time record of 256 race starts in Bahrain recently.But even though he will begin […]

Honda today concluded its four-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.Jenson Button joined the team to take over the driving responsibilities from team-mate Rubens Barrichello in the Honda RA108 for the final day.Unfortunately for the team running was continuously interrupted by heavy rain showers which drenched the track, restricting Button to a single […]

Super Aguri on its own to secure future Honda on Thursday ruled out rescuing the financially embattled Super Aguri team…
 

Honda returned to the test track this week following the first three races of the 2008 Formula One season. With nine of the 11 teams in action at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, this week

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa set the Monday pace at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya at the start of a four-day test session. Second to Massa in the timesheets was the Honda of Alexander Wurz, followed by McLaren’s Pedro de la Rosa.
Massa’s best time - over two seconds quicker than Wurz’s - was set on slick tyres, which […]

Honda Racing plan to make just one more major update to their car in the middle of the season before they switch their entire resources onto their 2009 challenger.
Team principal Ross Brawn has spoken several times about the difficulties of balancing development on their RA108 against the preparations they must make for the radical rules […]

Honda has announced that it has signed 16 year old British karting star Will Stevens under a long-term driver support agreement.
Will is firmly established as one of the leading young kart racers in the world. For the 2008 season he is racing with the prestigious TonyKart Racing Team in the KF1 class competing in all […]

The Honda Racing team have signed 16-year-old British karting racer Will Stevens in a long-term deal.
Stevens, one of the leading kart racers in the world, will get assistance from Honda “in developing to the level of performance that is required to potentially become part of Honda`s Formula One programme in the future.”
“We are delighted to […]

The Honda Racing F1 Team is delighted to announce that it has signed 16-year-old British karting star Will Stevens under a long-term driver support agreement.Stevens is firmly established as one of the leading young kart racers in the world. For the 2008 season he is racing with the prestigious TonyKart Racing Team in the KF1 […]

Honda announced on Friday that they have signed 16 year-old British karting star Will Stevens under a long-term driver support agreement. Stevens, who won the FIA-CIK KF2 European and Asia-Pacific Championships in 2007, will be supported by the Japanese team as he makes his way through motorsport’s junior ranks.
“I am extremely proud to be joining […]

After a promising performance in qualifying, the Honda Racing F1 Team`s race today was rather more frustrating. Rubens Barrichello brought his RA108 home in 11th position whilst Jenson Button was forced to retire at one-third distance.
Rubens ran in 12th position for the opening stint of the race. He was held behind Fisichella for a […]

Rubens Barrichello - 11th: “It was a good race for us today in terms of the pace of the car. I didn`t have a very good start and it was chaotic on the first lap with others going off the track. I was able to avoid any collisions but lost a few positions in the […]

The Honda Racing F1 Team enjoyed its best qualifying performance of the year at the Bahrain International Circuit today. Jenson Button achieved his target of a top 10 grid slot when he posted the 9th fastest lap, while his team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start tomorrow`s 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix from 12th position.
Jenson completed two runs […]

The Honda Racing F1 Team began its on-track preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix today. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello completed a total of 96 laps during the course of the two practice sessions, ending the day in 11th and 16th places respectively and separated by just 0.2secs.
Track conditions were a challenge for much of […]