本田F1项目与红牛时期截然不同
本田首席工程师折原慎太郎表示，本田的理念“独特”，员工和知识在公路车项目与F1之间不断轮换。阿德里安·纽维在墨尔本FIA车队负责人新闻发布会上公开谈论了本田的电池问题。
为什么本田的F1项目看起来与它的红牛时代完全不同
总工程师Shintaro Orihara表示，本田的理念是“独特的”，员工和知识在公路车项目与F1之间不断轮换
当Adrian Newey在墨尔本举行的F1赛季揭幕战期间出现在FIA车队负责人新闻发布会上时，这位传奇设计师因多个原因吸引了关注。
Newey公开谈论了本田的电池问题，承认他作为车队负责人的角色在一定程度上让他从设计职责中分心，并有些夸张地说，本田在这期间主要忙于太阳能电池板。
然而，可以说最有趣的言论还在后头。那就是有消息透露，阿斯顿·马丁的领导层直到2025年11月才发现，本田F1车队的人员构成与其在红牛时期的辉煌岁月完全不同。
这件事直到2025年11月才变得清晰，听起来仍然很奇怪，毕竟协议早在2023年就已经达成。这说明了阿斯顿·马丁做了——或者没做——多少功课？难道车队在几年前签约时并不清楚自己到底要加入的是什么吗？
尽管这引发了人们对阿斯顿·马丁做法的质疑，但从本田方面来看有一个合乎逻辑的解释。赛道总经理兼首席工程师Shintaro Orihara表示，这与这家日本制造商的整体理念密切相关。
“本田是一家非常独特的公司。所以，总是，怎么说呢，员工会在公路车项目和F1项目之间流动，”Orihara告诉Autosport。
"去年，我们有很多——不是新人，而是从公路车项目转来的一些极具天赋的人，还有一些曾在红牛项目中工作过的人。
Shintaro Orihara，本田赛车公司赛道总经理兼首席工程师
"我们一直在我们的F1项目中培养人才，以提升本田的知识水平。"
其理念是让整个公司从F1中获得的知识中受益，尽管以新人员为主来建设项目也带来了显著的弊端。
在最初的开发阶段，具体的F1经验有所欠缺，而根据折原的说法，本田最终得出了完全相同的结论。
这位日本人认为：“大概在去年年底，我们整体的人员开发水平还不足以达到一级方程式的水平。”“然后在冬季测试中，我们经历了不少艰难时刻，但这些时刻锻炼了我们的人员。他们学到了很多关于我们需要在一级方程式中努力的方向。”
“他们已经有了足够的知识和高水平的技能，但[通过这些艰难时刻]他们获得了关于如何在一级方程式中工作的经验。”
2026年的头几个月是一段陡峭的学习曲线，经验不足的员工迅速适应了一级方程式的要求。
本田还以另一种方式采取了行动。当2025年底明确其员工队伍未达到所需水平时，折原表示，几位拥有红牛时代经验的本田员工被重新召回F1项目，目的就是快速注入额外的经验和专业知识。
通过其赞德福特升级，该升级已在匈牙利的一次拍摄日期间进行过测试，本田希望迈出第一个重要的步伐。
结合较新团队成员所获得的经验，折原相信本田的F1运营现在已达到所需水平。
这在一定程度上解释了艰难的组建阶段——尽管有多个因素发挥了作用——但也解释了为什么本田正以更大的信心展望未来。
“除此之外，我们的新人在冬季测试中获得了那些学习经验，”折原补充道。“我认为从那时起，我们在员工发展方面已经取得了良好进展。
“而现在我有信心，我们处于有利位置，能够开发出强大的动力单元以及强大的能量管理[为未来几年]。”
本田已经表示，通过其赞德福特升级，它希望在动力单元性能方面回到折原所说的“赛车领域”，然后在2027年底或2028年初再次成为F1的“顶级竞争者”。
英文原文
Why Honda's F1 project looks completely different from its Red Bull years
Chief engineer Shintaro Orihara says Honda's philosophy is "unique", with staff and knowledge constantly rotating between road car projects and F1
When Adrian Newey appeared at the FIA team principals' press conference during the Formula 1 season opener in Melbourne, the legendary designer attracted attention for several reasons.
Newey spoke openly about Honda's battery problems, acknowledged that his role as team principal had distracted him from his design duties to some extent, and said – with some exaggeration – that Honda had mainly been busy with solar panels in the intervening years.
Yet arguably the most interesting remark was still to come. That was the revelation that Aston Martin's leadership had only discovered in November 2025 that the makeup of Honda's F1 team was completely different from what it had been during its glory years with Red Bull.
The fact that this only became clear in November 2025 still sounds strange, given that the deal had already been agreed in 2023. What does that say about the homework Aston Martin had – or had not – done, and did the team not know exactly what it was signing up for years earlier?
Although that raises questions about Aston Martin’s approach, there is a logical explanation from Honda's side. General trackside manager and chief engineer Shintaro Orihara says it is closely linked to the Japanese manufacturer's overall philosophy.
"Honda is a very unique company. So, always, how to say, staff is moving between road car projects and the Formula 1 project," Orihara told Autosport.
"Last year, we had a lot of, not new people, but some highly talented people coming from road car projects and some others who had worked within the Red Bull project.
Shintaro Orihara, Trackside General Manager and Chief Engineer of Honda Racing Corporation
"We always develop talent in our Formula 1 project to boost Honda's knowledge."
The idea is for the company as a whole to benefit from the knowledge gained in F1, although building up the project with predominantly new personnel also came with significant drawbacks.
Specific F1 experience was lacking during the initial development phase, and according to Orihara, Honda eventually came to exactly that conclusion.
"Probably, at the end of last year, our total human development level was not sufficient for the Formula 1 level," the Japanese reckoned. "And then, at winter testing, we've had quite tough moments, but those moments have developed our people. They have learned a lot of things about what we need to work in Formula 1.
"They already had enough knowledge and high-level skills, but [with those difficult moments] they gained experience on how they need to work in Formula 1."
The opening months of 2026 have been a steep learning curve, with the inexperienced staff rapidly adapting to the demands of F1.
Honda has also taken action in another way. When it became clear at the end of 2025 that its workforce was not at the required level, Orihara says several Honda employees with experience from the Red Bull era were brought back into the F1 project, simply to provide a quick injection of additional experience and know-how.
With its Zandvoort upgrade, which has already been tested during a filming day in Hungary, Honda hopes to make a first significant step
Combined with the experience gained by the newer team members, Orihara believes Honda's F1 operation is now at the required level.
This partly explains the difficult build-up phase – although several factors have played a role – but also why Honda is looking to the future with greater confidence.
"Besides that, our new people got those learning experiences from winter testing," Orihara added. "I think that since then we have made good progress in terms of our staff development.
"And now I'm confident that we are in a good position to develop a strong power unit and also strong energy management [for the upcoming years]."
Honda has already indicated that with its Zandvoort upgrade it wants to return to what Orihara calls the "racing field" in terms of power unit performance, before targeting becoming a "top competitor" in F1 again by late 2027 or early 2028.
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