Shintaro Orihara says Honda discovered during the Barcelona shakedown that it would not be competitive in terms of either performance or reliability at the start of the 2026 F1 season

Why Honda only realised the scale of its F1 problems in January

Honda admits it only realised the scale of its F1 problems in January

Honda only realized in January that its F1 car would be neither competitive nor reliable at the start of the 2026 season, according to Shintaro Orihara, after discovering issues during the Barcelona shakedown.

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