Red Bull celebrate Honda partnership with custom Japanese GP Livery

This weekend's Japanese GP will be the final home race for Honda under their partnership with Red Bull Racing as they join forces with Aston Martin from 2026 onwards.

Red Bull and Honda joined forces back in 2019 and that partnership has delivered 63 wins and six F1 championships.

The livery celebrates Honda's first F1 win with their RA272 at the 1965 Monaco Grand Prix.

The team said in a statement: "Oracle Red Bull Racing prepare to honour a Championship winning partnership with Honda at this year's 2025 Japan GP, as part of a Team takeover in Tokyo and Suzuka.

"The Team will pay tribute to Honda at their home race this week. To mark the final season of one of the most successful PU partnerships in motorsport history, Oracle Red Bull Racing will race in a special livery, inspired by Honda's RA272 first victory in the sport.

"The striking white and red look will adorn both Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21s, when they take to the track at the Suzuka Circuit. This season marks the 60th anniversary of Honda's first victory in Formula One and the design concept is a tribute to the RA272, which gave Honda its inaugural win in 1965 at the Mexico GP, with American Richie Ginther at the wheel, driving under the number 11.

"The livery recreates the RA272's iconic Japanese flag motif, featuring the "H" logo on the nose and the simple Honda logo on the rear of the bodywork. A special logo commemorating 60 years since Honda's first F1 victory will also be displayed across all four Red Bull cars on the grid.

"This will be the second time Oracle Red Bull Racing have raced in white to honour Honda, the Team took a double podium at the 2021 Turkey GP in a special livery, that fans have called to see time and time again," the statement concluded.

Red Bull Racing boss, Christian Horner, commented: "Our relationship with Honda deserves celebration, it has been one of continued success and brought the Team one of the most triumphant and dominant periods in our history.

"Max has won four World titles with a Honda Power Unit and the Team have lifted two Constructors' titles, in addition, Honda's reliability enabled to complete the most successful season in the sport's history in 2023.

"This livery is a tribute to Honda's success in the sport and the final year of, what has been a thoroughly enjoyable partnership. I am looking forward to seeing it out on track," Horner concluded.

Koji Watanabe, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) president, added: “It is quite moving to see the RA272 tribute livery on the latest Red Bull Racing machine, in the final year of Honda and Red Bull’s partnership.

"Our successful path will continue to shine in the history of F1," Watanabe concluded.

The new livery will not be Red Bull Racing's only change for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix as the team have replaced the struggling Liam Lawson by Yuki Tsunoda.

The switch was announced a few days after the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix was over as Lawson suffered from another terrible weekend in the Red Bull RB21.