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News›Hungarian Grand Prix 2026

Honda's new F1 engine debuts with Aston Martin

Autosport+ 1 moreSun 26 Jul · 17:39 UTCupdated Tue 1 Sep · 07:21 UTCHave your say
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Honda will unveil its new Formula 1 engine during an Aston Martin filming day at the Hungaroring. The debut follows positive developments for the power unit ahead of the upcoming Dutch Grand Prix.

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First to reportNew Honda F1 engine to debut in Aston Martin filming day ahead of Dutch GPHonda has announced it will debut its new Formula 1 power unit at an Aston Martin filming day this Wednesday at the Hungaroring. Fresh from a confidence-boosting Hungarian Grand Prix where Aston Martin released its B-spec AMR26 F1 car with a clear pace improvement in both qualifying and race trim, Honda will debut its updated engine at a team filming day on Wednesday at the same ... Keep readingAutosportSun 26 Jul · 17:39 UTCRead their report →
First details of Honda’s new F1 engine emerge after track debutHonda has reportedly made encouraging progress with its new F1 engine.CrashThu 30 Jul · 10:51 UTCRead →
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