SEPTEMBER 2019 http://www.racecar-engineering.com 27Honda finally ended
its 13-year wait for another
grand prix victory in Austria at the
end of June, but just what did it take to
transform the firm’s power unit from what was an
unreliable also-ran just two years ago into an F1 winner
in 2019? Racecar traces the development of the RA619H to find out
By SAM COLLINS
Honda is supplying both Red Bull and
Toro Rosso with its RA619H this season.
The RB15’s win at the Austrian GP was
the first since 2006 for the Japanese firm