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Why Honda's exit will not force F1 hybrid U-turn

Honda's decision to quit F1 at the end of 2021 has prompted suggestions the series simply isn't going far enough for manufacturers with its green technologies. But, as Jonathan Noble explains, F1 won't be abandoning its hybrid concept post-Honda.

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Amid the immediate fallout of Honda's bombshell announcement that it was quitting Formula 1, it was all too easy to jump to the conclusion that this was a huge blow to grand prix racing's green credentials.

After all, the justifications for the Japanese manufacturer not wishing to continue its F1 journey were all linked to environmentally friendly considerations: the push for the road car company to be fully carbon neutral by 2050, and to have two-thirds of its sales as electric vehicles by 2030.

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