Red Bull fans hail 'best looking livery in years' as team showcase one-off colour scheme for Japanese Grand Prix in tribute to engine partner Honda

Red Bull volition contention with a one-off achromatic livery successful a tribute to their motor spouse Honda astatine the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend. 

This year's Grand Prix astatine Suzuka volition people the last clip that a Honda-powered Red Bull races astatine the celebrated circuit arsenic the constructor is acceptable to usage its ain motor for the archetypal clip successful 2026. 

Reacting to images of the livery posted connected societal media by Red Bull, fans clamoured for the constructor to usage the colour strategy connected a imperishable basis. 

One idiosyncratic enthused: 'Best looking livery successful years'. 

A 2nd added: 'Just support it for the remainder of the season'. 

A 3rd simply labelled the colourway arsenic a 'banger'.  

The livery volition besides beryllium utilized successful Japanese operator Yuki Tsunoda's archetypal contention for the squad aft helium was promoted from Red Bull's sister squad Racing Bulls.

That came aft Liam Lawson's determination to Red Bull astatine the commencement of the play failed to spot him situation astatine the apical of the field. 

The livery is inspired by the 1965 Honda RA272, which secured the Japanese manufacturer's archetypal Formula 1 triumph astatine the astatine year's Mexican Grand Prix. 

Red Bull past utilized a Honda-themed achromatic livery astatine the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix - arsenic they were incapable to bash truthful successful Japan due to the fact that that year's contention was cancelled owed to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Commenting connected the livery, Red Bull squad main Christian Horner said: 'Our narration with Honda deserves celebration, it has been 1 of continued occurrence and brought the squad 1 of the astir triumphant and ascendant periods successful our history,'

'Max [Verstappen] has won 4 satellite titles with a Honda Power Unit and the squad person lifted 2 constructors' titles, successful addition, Honda's reliability enabled to implicit the astir palmy play successful the sport's past successful 2023. 

'This livery is simply a tribute to Honda's occurrence successful the athletics and the last twelvemonth of, what has been a thoroughly enjoyable partnership. I americium looking guardant to seeing it retired connected track.'

Koji Watanabe, president of Honda Racing Corporation, said. 'It is rather moving to spot the RA272 tribute livery connected the latest Red Bull Racing machine, successful the last twelvemonth of Honda and Red Bull's partnership. 

'Our palmy way volition proceed to radiance successful the past of F1.'

With Red Bull gathering its ain powerfulness units successful concern with Ford, Honda volition stay successful F1 but power to being the supplier for Aston Martin.