U-Honda ushiya i-Formula 1

Umkhiqizi waseJapan uzothatha umhlalaphansi ngemuva kwesizini ezayo.

Inkampani yaseJapan iHonda imemezele ukuthi isinqamule ukubamba iqhaza kwiFomula 1 World Championship. Lapho aqopha khona impumelelo enkulu. Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngemuva kokuphela kwesizini ka-2021.

Ngawo-80, abakwaHonda bahlinzeka izinjini zethimba lakwaMcLaren, eliqhutshwa abagijimi ababili abakhulu emlandweni, u-Ayrton Senna no-Alain Prost. Ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, inkampani nayo yayineqembu layo, njengoba ngo-2006 uJenson Button yamlethela ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala.

Ngemuva kwe-hiatus, u-Honda ubuyele kumjaho wasebukhosini ngo-2015. futhi ngiqala ukuphakela izinjini zikaMcLaren. Lesi sikhathi, nokho, lo mkhiqizo wawungaphumeleli kangako, ngoba izinjini zazivame ukwehluleka futhi kwakungekho ijubane elanele ezigabeni eziqondile.

Okwamanje, izinjini zakwaHonda zifakwe ezimotweni zakwaRed Bull naseAlfa Tauri, ngoba phakathi nesizini uMax Verstappen noPierre Gasly banqobe umncintiswano owodwa weqembu ngalinye. Njengesizathu, abaphathi benkampani babalula ushintsho embonini yezimoto zaseJapan, okuhloswe ngayo ukudala amandla wekusasa. Mane nje abadingi intuthuko evela ku-Formula 1.

URed Bull no-Alfa Tauri baphawule ukuthi kunzima kubo ukwenza lesi sinqumo, kepha ngeke kubayekise ekuphishekeleni imigomo ephezulu kumasizini amanje nalandelayo.