Takanobu Ito
Honda Motors president and CEO Takanobu Ito (L) shakes hands with McLaren Group CEO Martin Whitmarsh (R) during their press conference at Honda's headquarter in Tokyo on May 16, 2013. Japanese automaker Honda said it will return to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to British team McLaren in a bid to revive their championship-winning partnership.
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As the direction of Formula One’s new technologies and the direction that Honda aims at for development matches, the young engineers who will be responsible for Honda in the future started to voice their desire to take part in the challenge ... More so than in the past, we can expect feedback from the race cars to common road cars and vice versa.
Honda has a long history of advancing our technologies and nurturing our people by participating in the world's most prestigious automobile racing series ... The new F1 regulations with their significant environmental focus will inspire even greater development of our own advanced technologies and this is central to our participation in F1.
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Wheelies: The Return of Honda Edition
By BENJAMIN PRESTON Kimimasa Mayama/European Pressphoto Agency Takanobu Ito, President and Chief Executive Officer of Honda Motor Coompany, announces its return to Formula One for the 2015 season. In which we bring you motoring news from around the Web: from The New York Times Read more »
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McLaren say Honda deal keeps them among F1 elite
Honda Motor Co's President and Chief Executive Officer Takanobu Ito (R) exchanges smiles with with McLaren Group Limited CEO Martin Whitmarsh at their joint news conference in Tokyo May 16, 2013. LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren's Formula One engine deal with from Reuters Mobile Read more »
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Honda comeback based on 'green' engines
Honda president Takanobu Ito says the decision to swap to environmentally friendlier turbo engines inspired the company to return to F1. Next season will herald a new era for Formula One as the sport does away with the current 2.4-litre V8s in favour of from PlanetF1 Read more »
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Honda to make F1 return
Jenson Button: Delighted by the return of Honda Honda chief executive Takanobu Ito and McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh made the announcement in Tokyo. The Japanese manufacturing giant quit the sport at the end of 2008 at the height of the global from Sporting Life Read more »
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Honda to return to F1 as engine supplier
TOKYO -- Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to the automaker's former partner McLaren of Britain. Honda president Takanobu Ito announced the decision at a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. Honda from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »
