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Mikihiko Kawase, Honda HRC MotoGP Technical Director: “One of the most important advances came from the engine. We worked not only on top speed, but also on the power delivery to make it more tractable.”
and With the 2025 MotoGP season over, Honda HRC looks back at a course characterized by constant progress and recovery after a particularly difficult few years. The Japanese manufacturer placed Johann Zarco as the highest overall driver, adding 148 points to finish the championship 397 points behind world champion Marc Marquez. In the team race, the official team of Joan Mir and Luca Marini finished 8th out of 11 participating teams, and LCR Honda finished 10th. In the Manufacturers category, Honda sits fourth from the bottom, just ahead of their great rival Yamaha on the grid. With this evolution, Increases the level of the concession system, but also means losing certain privileges in prototype development.
Honda HRC MotoGP Technical Director Mikihiko Kawase Since 2024, he describes his work as consisting of: “We will be coordinating the efforts of all teams and engineers on track, listening to our drivers and reviewing all available data.”. He points out that this information determines the technical direction and we are working with factories in Japan and Italy to develop it. Kawase also emphasized the addition of Romano Albesiano.and he maintains a “close working relationship to manage each race weekend in the best way possible and help Honda return to the top.”
Regarding his performance in 2025, Kawase said, “It was a great season. Honda’s constructor points are the highest since 2019.. While he admits the team may be complacent after some difficult campaigns, he reminds HRC’s goals remain the same. “We are in MotoGP to fight for victory.”so we have to keep striving until we are always ahead again. ”
The technical manager also reviews the technological advances achieved over the past two years. “We’ve been testing a lot of things: aerodynamics, chassis, engine. Competitive aerodynamic package available from late 2024 This allowed us to define the base bike. In 2025, we will continue to make progress in all fields. One of the big advances was the engine. “We are working not only on top speed, but also on power delivery to make the bike more manageable.”he explains. Mr. Kawase acknowledges the collaborative efforts of engineers from all departments and the efforts of pilots who continually collect data and test components.
For the immediate future, he acknowledges there are limits to new concessions. Fewer test tires, less time with official drivers, more restrictions on engine development. The role of the Test team, strengthened by Takaaki Nakagami and Aleix Espargaro, will therefore become even more decisive in 2026. ” “The allocation of resources between the 2026 and 2027 models will be determined soon, allowing for more efficient development.”he points out.
Mr. Kawase concluded the short course as follows. “Our goal is always to fight for the top five and fight for the podium as much as possible.”. 2026 will be our last year on the 1,000cc bike, so we want to get the best possible results with the RC213V. ”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Verstappen announced the conditions under which he will run in the legendary race in 2026
Max Verstappen says his participation in the Nürburgring 24 Hours is in doubt.
The four-time F1 champion has long been involved in endurance racing and is actively racing and testing in GT3, but full preparation for the Nordschleife marathon coincides with the Formula 1 calendar. The preparation races coincide with the F1 stages and the Dutchman does not want to go to the start without them.
“It’s very difficult to give a definitive answer right now,” Max said.
“I would like to start well prepared, but the preparation races coincide with Formula 1. Therefore, this year I will only be able to participate in the race if there is a change in the calendar.”
Therefore, Verstappen’s participation in the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours is still in doubt and directly depends on possible changes in the program or compromises between Formula 1 and the marathon training program.
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One of the two new teams on the Formula 1 grid is preparing to introduce its car for the 2026 season. The Audi team will officially reveal the new car at a special event in Berlin on Tuesday, January 20.
Audi has fully taken over Sauber’s project ahead of the 2026 season and will start its first Formula 1 championship as a factory team and power unit manufacturer. The team has also retained a significant portion of its 2025 Sauber structure, including team boss Jonathan Whitley and drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.
This will make Audi the fourth team to submit designs for its 2026 car, after Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas. The presentation will take place in the German capital in the format of a full-fledged seasonal launch.
Following the main event, a separate event will be held in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21 for selected fans and media to take a closer look at the new car and its livery.
The presentation will start on January 20 at 20:00 Kyiv time. During the event, the team will reveal the car’s full design for the 2026 season.
Let’s remember that Audi had previously put the 2026 car on the track during promotional races at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in early January, but only a limited number of images were released at that time.
Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online
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Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg can count on a multimillion-dollar bonus in his first season with Audi if he can repeat the results in the 2025 season.
Last season, the German pilot reached the Formula 1 podium after 250 races for the first time in his career and finished the British Grand Prix in third place. At Silverstone, Hulkenberg was ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and scored 15 points in one go.
Hulkenberg scored 51 points at the end of the 2025 season.
On the eve of Audi’s first season, specialized media reported that the 38-year-old pilot signed a contract providing a bonus of 50 thousand euros for each point earned in the 2026 season.
Given the large-scale changes in Formula 1, even the pilots themselves cannot yet predict the balance of power in the peloton. However, if Hulkenberg scores 51 points again, the bonus can reach 2 million 550 thousand euros in addition to his base salary at Audi.
If Nico manages to win the race and score the maximum 25 points, this will immediately earn him a bonus of 1,250,000 euros.
The team will present the appearance of its first car today at 20:00 Kyiv time.
Source: Sport UA
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