Honda to leave F1 at the end of 2021 season

FILE PHOTO: Nov 3, 2019; Austin, TX, USA; Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda driver Max Verstappen (33) of Netherlands during the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Honda Motor will end its participation in the FIA ="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/sports/2001387925/formula-one-triumphant-bottas-tells-his-critics-to-get-lost">Formula One World Championship< as a power unit supplier at the end of the 2021 season, it said on Friday.

The Japanese company said in a statement that it wants to focus its research and development resources on energy technologies including for fuel cells and battery electric vehicles.

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