Honda Racing has posted the first sound of what its F1 2026 engine will sound like, giving a true glimpse into how the new cars will sound.<\/p>\n
Honda will be moving from its Red Bull partnership to partner Aston Martin in a factory power unit deal from the 2026 season, and the company has now released how its 2026 power unit will sound.<\/p>\n
Listen: F1 2026 engine sound revealed<\/p>\n
Posting across Honda Racing\u2019s social media pages, a blank screen was accompanied by Honda\u2019s 2026 power unit moving up and down through the gears \u2013 giving a real glimpse into how the next generation of Formula 1 cars will sound.<\/p>\n
The 1.6-litre internal combustion engine already in use by Formula 1 has been retained into next season, though the electrical power output has trebled within Formula 1 cars.<\/p>\n
Shared on Instagram under the banner \u2018The Sound of 2026\u2019, here is a glimpse of what is to come from Honda\u2019s 2026 Formula 1 power unit:<\/p>\n
Honda Racing\u2019s President, Koji Watanabe, recently spoke to Aston Martin\u2019s official website to offer an update on the progress of HRC\u2019s power unit, revealing the round-the-clock nature of the work going into the team\u2019s collaboration with Aston Martin \u2013 with there being a nine-hour time difference between the UK and Honda\u2019s headquarters in Sakura.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe relationship between the engineers is very strong now, but my expectation is that it will improve and intensify the deeper we get into the project,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe common ground at the start was this winning spirit, and talking to Lawrence [Stroll], or any of the leadership team at the AMR Technology Campus, there has always been this feeling of being one team. That\u2019s very important, the \u2018one team\u2019 philosophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment, there are Aston Martin Aramco engineers working at HRC Sakura in Japan, and HRC engineers in Silverstone at the AMR Technology Campus.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re working very closely through this relationship \u2013 there\u2019s a huge amount of knowledge and experience flowing between our organisations.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Time difference] is something we can turn to our advantage. Japan is awake and working while the UK is sleeping, and vice versa, so the project is moving forward 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen anyone comes into work, they can have a new set of results and fresh data delivered from the other side of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n