# Honda RBPT

Red Bull as Honda RBPT (Honda Red Bull Powertrains).
Following their decision to withdraw from Formula One at the end of 2021, Honda agreed to a deal with Red Bull to continue constructing, servicing, and supplying Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri with power units from its facility in Sakura. The deal was made possible by a power unit development freeze introduced for 2022, which allowed Honda to scale back its F1 operations and redirect its resources to other projects while still supporting. Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) assumed responsibility for the programme, in a restructuring that also left it in control of Honda's other four-wheeled motorsports projects. The agreement initially only covered the 2022 season, after which the new Red Bull Powertrains company would assume responsibility for the manufacture and supply of the Honda-designed engines, but was later extended to the end of the 2025 season. Honda therefore retained all the rights to their power units, with Red Bull mostly just providing financial support for their operation.

## History

During the 2022 season, the Honda-designed and built engines were badged as Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT) units, reflecting Honda's official withdrawal from Formula One. Honda's branding presence on the liveries and uniforms of the two teams was also reduced, and the Honda logos on the cars' liveries and drivers' suits were replaced by that of HRC. At the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix – a race for which Honda was the title sponsor – Honda and Red Bull announced a strengthening of their partnership, with Honda branding returning to both Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri's liveries for the remainder of the season and beyond. Honda returned as a named power unit supplier for the 2023 season, supplying power units badged as Honda RBPT.
Honda's 2022 power unit design proved to be strong in both performance and reliability, contributing to Red Bull generally having the best straight line performance in the field. Verstappen scored a record 15 of Red Bull's 17 wins during the season and clinched his second consecutive title with a win in Honda's home race in Japan, while the team secured the constructors' title at the following United States Grand Prix. At the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix, Red Bull won their 12th consecutive race to break McLaren's record set in the 1988 season. This meant that Honda broke its own record in the process as the 1988 McLaren MP4/4 was powered by Honda's RA168E.
Following a change in management since the decision was made to exit Formula One, Honda has remained present at discussions regarding future Formula One regulations along with other manufacturers, and held discussions with various teams as to future possibilities for a partnership from the 2026 season onwards, when new power unit regulations will come into effect. The company will not renew its partnership with Red Bull, who had already committed to its own Red Bull Powertrains project, which will be backed by Ford from 2026. Honda subsequently announced it would make a full-scale return to F1 in 2026, partnering with Aston Martin.

## Formula One engine results

Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Blank | Did not enter (empty cell) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Superscript number | Points-scoring position in sprint |
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Points | WCC |
| 2023 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB19 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | | BHR | SAU | AUS | AZE | MIA | MON | ESP | CAN | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | QAT | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | ABU | | | 860 | 1st |
| 2023 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB19 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Sergio Pérez | 2 | 1$^P$ | 5$^F$ | 1$^1$ | 2$^P$ | 16 | 4 | 6$^F$ | 3$^2$ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 4$^5$ | Ret | 4$^3$ | 3 | 4 | | | 860 | 1st |
| 2023 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB19 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Max Verstappen | 1$^P$ | 2$^F$ | 1$^P$ | 2$^3$ | 1$^F$ | 1$^P$ | 1$^P$$^F$ | 1$^P$ | 1$^{P1F}$ | 1$^P$$^F$ | 1$^F$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^P$ | 1 | 5 | 1$^P$$^F$ | 1$^{P2F}$ | 1$^1$ | 1 | 1$^{P1}$ | 1 | 1$^P$$^F$ | | | 860 | 1st |
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AlphaTauri AT04 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Nyck de Vries | 14 | 14 | 15† | Ret | 18 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 8th |
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AlphaTauri AT04 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Daniel Ricciardo | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 16 | WD | | | | | 15 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 11 | | | 25 | 8th |
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AlphaTauri AT04 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Liam Lawson | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 17 | | | | | | | | 25 | 8th |
| 2023 | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AlphaTauri AT04 | RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t | P | Yuki Tsunoda | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8$^F$ | 12 | 9$^6$ | 18† | 8 | | | 25 | 8th |
| 2024 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB20 | RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | P | | BHR | SAU | AUS | JPN | CHN | MIA | EMI | MON | CAN | ESP | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | 408* | 1st* |
| 2024 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB20 | RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | P | Sergio Pérez | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3$^3$ | 4$^3$ | 8 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7$^8$ | 17 | 7 | 7$^F$ | | | | | | | | | | | 408* | 1st* |
| 2024 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | Red Bull Racing RB20 | RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | P | Max Verstappen | 1$^P$$^F$ | 1$^P$ | Ret$^P$ | 1$^P$$^F$ | 1$^{1P}$ | 2$^{1P}$ | 1$^P$ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5$^{1P}$ | 2 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 408* | 1st* |
| 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | RB VCARB 01 | RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | P | Daniel Ricciardo | 13 | 16 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 15$^4$ | 13 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 34* | 6th* |
| 2024 | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team | RB VCARB 01 | RBPTH002 1.6 V6 t | P | Yuki Tsunoda | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 7$^8$ | 10 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 34* | 6th* |
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### Notes

* * – Season still in progress.
* $^†$ – Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of the race distance.
* $^‡$ – Half points awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.