News Details

Honda F1 chief exit was ‘long-term plan’ – Boullier

Honda F1 chief exit was ‘long-term plan' – Boullier The departure from Honda's F1 project of Yasuhisa Arai had tongues wagging in the Barcelona paddock this week. Rumours have been swirling that McLaren chiefs Eric Boullier and Ron Dennis pressed for his departure, but the official version is that he is simply set to ‘retire'. 'Arai-san's 60th birthday and Honda's pension policy is that when you turn 60, you retire,' Boullier is quoted by Finland's MTV. 'It was a long-term plan that he would retire,' the Frenchman insisted. That statement, however, surprised some, with one paddock observer admitting: 'Arai is really 60?' And Honda's apparent ‘long-term plan' also...
Full Story »
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Boullier: Not good enough

Whispers filled the Barcelona paddock late on Monday that Yasuhisa Arai...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Boullier hails ‘aggressive’ McLaren-Honda...

 XPB Images Eric Boullier says McLaren-Honda has been working...
10y ago from F1i.com

Boullier: Aggressive development on schedule

Eric Boullier says McLaren-Honda has successfully kept its aggressive...
10y ago from Crash.net

Arai axed as he pays the price for Honda's F1 failings

Honda has confirmed the departure as Formula 1 boss of Yasuhisa Arai....
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Oliver Solberg out of Croatia Rally (for now)

Friday: Oliver Solberg crashed out of Rally Croatia about four km into...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Watch: Manchester City fan brutally troll Arsenal...

Manchester City’s dominant 3-0 victory over Chelsea was more than just a...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Manchester City fan mocks Arsenal with hilarious...

A Manchester City fan has gone viral for his celebration as he mocked...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Pitiful surrender-monkeys' - Piers Morgan reacts as...

Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen couldn't help but celebrate as...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Some how balance the emotion' | How can Arsenal...

Gary Neville suggests Mikel Arteta and his team need to normalise their...
3h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.