Verstappen Says Goodbye For Now To Honda

Max Verstappen has hinted at a future relationship with Honda after the Japanese engine makers highly successful partnership with Red Bull finishes at the end of the Formula One season.

Honda engines have fired the 27-year-old Dutchman to four successive world titles with Red Bull but from 2026 they will be powering the cars of the Aston Martin team.

At a Formula One fan day run by Honda in Tokyo on Wednesday ahead of this weekends Japanese Grand Prix, Verstappen expressed his gratitude.

Its been a ride that I enjoyed a lot, he told fans after driving the RB16B, the car in which he won his first world title, on the streets of Japans capital.

Of course before we started working with Honda, we had our success. But I could have never imagined the heights that we got to, winning four championships together.