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Is Andretti partnering with Honda for power units in F1?

Franz Tost Germany

Andretti Autosport has confirmed its intentions to join F1 again after the latest statement from FIA regarding new entry.

Following FIA’s Expression of Interest process, Andretti Autosport and General Motors have confirmed their intentions to join F1. The duo together aims to join the sport and is open to talks for the future.

Recently FIA president Mohammad Ben Sulayem confirmed that the body will look into opening a path for new teams to join.

Even after the past resistance to the new teams joining the grid, this time it seems highly possible for the American team to enter the sport. Further, since the regulations change are all set to happen in 2026, it appears that the teams will not have much objection.

However, the question remains who will they take as its engine supplier? General Motors President Mark Reuss has some information for us:

“We have a signed agreement with a power unit supplier to begin with,”

said Reuss.

“Then as we move forward, we’ll bring a lot of our expertise to create things for the future as well.”

According to reports, the engine supplier is most likely to be Renault. Further, Renault is likely to be the supplier because of the rule that obliges the engine supplier with the fewest teams to provide engines to a team without any supplier.

Can Honda be the supplier?

Honda is partnered with Red bull’s powertrain department until the end of 2025. However, after that, the Honda-Red bull partnership seems to be not going anywhere ahead in Formula 1.

Regardless, the engine manufacturer has shown a desire to stay in F1 and this might be the venture they would be looking upon.

Further, General Motors already has a partnership with Honda in Electric vehicles giving rise to more speculations for 2026.

Reuss praised Honda for its Electric vehicles partnership with the side. He also mentioned the competition they already share with the Japanese manufacturer in other series.

“Obviously we do have a large partnership with Honda with EVs. And we also compete against Honda in series like IndyCar (through the Chevrolet brand).

“So we do have that natural respect and relationship – which is not problematic at all, but we’ll talk about the engine at a later date.”

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