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Honda has announced the withdrawal from F1. The “carbon neutral realization” in 2050 was repeatedly mentioned as the reason for the interview. To that end, he said he would dedicate the engineers and technical resources dedicated to F1 activities there.
I understand that the reason for the withdrawal is the change to carbon neutral. It is natural for the president of a company to explain his corporate policy in a meeting. However, as selfish as it may be, what I missed in this meeting was that it was an affirmation of what it should be as a company, and it was not taken as a message to the fans who supported Honda’s activities in F1.
First, as a company, Honda viewed F1 activities as a place to hone its skills and develop human resources rather than marketing. Honda’s view is that it was able to fulfill that role.
Honda withdrew from F1 in 2008 due to the Lehman impact, but returned to F1 in 2015 as a working partner of McLaren. In fact, the words “environmental technology” and “human resource development” were mentioned when the return of F1 was announced.
Takashin Ito, who was the president of Honda at the time, said, “Honda has been studying technology and developing human resources through racing activities since its founding. As an automobile manufacturer, further technological evolution is required, including in the environmental field. In light of the fact that environmental technology will be introduced significantly at the top of the four-wheel race called F1, we have decided to participate in the race to test and polish our own technology in the world. “
President Takahiro Yago, who was asked again about the importance of participating in this F1 race, said: “F1 is still the best race in the world, so we will participate in this race and in the evolution of the technology of power management, jets and mass production. Technology, all Honda technical cooperation between Honda, I was able to get such things in terms of technology. “
“In terms of human resource development, I believe that we have developed energy units, fuel technology and young engineers who can contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality. And learn the pain, the pain and the spirit of challenge that is not It will pay off. I think so. I’m thinking of participating in F1 because of the meaning of participating in F1, technological progress and human resource development, and I believe that this time a certain result has been obtained. “
“This time, we made this decision because we want to allocate the energy management technology, the fuel technology, the various technologies and the resources of their engineers that we have cultivated in F1 to the environment.”
“In terms of business direction, responding to carbon-free emissions in 2050 is also a major challenge, so I think we should dedicate our resources to engineers and technology.” There were many opinions within the company that we should continue to engage in the war, but as president I made the decision. “
However, since Honda has sung it with the keyword “Powere of Dream” as “racing activity is Honda’s DNA” as a statement phrase, “I got a certain result” without winning the championship at the top of sports. motor. It’s sad that you decided to retire.
However, at this meeting, President Takahiro Yago said that “environmental response is also Honda’s DNA.” Racing activities and respect for the environment are the same value and DNA for Honda as a company.
“I think there are various opinions, but we Honda will achieve two-thirds of the electrification of car sales in 2030 and carbon-free in 2050. I think it’s a big challenge. I think taking environmental action is also Honda’s DNA. “
“Among them, our value, this is also an advanced power unit, and energy, I think this will be the value of the Honda brand, so this time we established the Advanced Power Units Energy Research Institute, and from now on from now on I would like to do something different from other companies with the technological products of
“For the engineers who are doing F1, I would like to talk to you about the technology cultivated in F1 being involved in researching new power and energy units towards 2050 without carbon. A challenge is a very difficult challenge like F1. I think that challenging that challenge is also one of the challenges as an engineer so be sure to learn in that direction. I would like to manage by making the best use of the technology I have attached, and for some people to want to join Honda doing those things, I will firmly launch the products and technologies that we will launch and I will look after them. I would like you to. “
“Regarding the end of this war, it is not about short-term gains, but carbon neutral by 2050, especially considering the future environmental response, where should we allocate the resources of the engineers? We have always been thinking about this, and this time we have made a big decision because we need to strengthen the power area of advanced power units, I think it is our duty to produce the results firmly. Also, the social environment has become very sensitive to that environment, and I think there are high expectations, so I made this decision to realize it. “
As a company, it is natural to focus on technology and products. However, fans have some kind of “dream” in motorsports. It was a press conference that made that dream come true. It is difficult for motorsport fans to have the same racing dream and respect for the environment.
Category: F1 / Honda F1
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