Mercedes too strong for Honda: 'We didn't expect that'

The world title in 2020 was not in it for Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen, but Honda did see the Dutchman approaching records this season. In Honda's final season, however, things should be even better.

Prior to the Formula 1 season of 2020, expectations were high. For Verstappen, this was the last chance to become the youngest world champion ever and Red Bull and Honda had had the best winter ever. However, the title was unfeasible, as Mercedes was once again too strong.

''Of course we as a team have made great strides throughout the season, but the fairness area to say that Mercedes had made more progress than we had expected. However, we have to keep developing, to beat a big organisation like Mercedes,'' says Masashi Yamamoto in a piece for Honda.

Yamamoto, however, knows that things need to improve in Honda's last season. ''Of course it is always about winning a race and not the records if you don't win a title in the end. Next year we want to break those records and there's nothing better than to win the championship in the end,'' concludes the Honda top man.