Honda eyes Britain as F1 base upon return in 2015

TOKYO: Honda said last week it will build its European racing operations base in Britain ahead of its return to Formula One in 2015.

Honda had said in May that it will return to the sport as an engine supplier to British team McLaren in a bid to revive their championship-winning partnership. Last week it said it will build a new facility in Milton Keynes, 80 kilometers northwest of London, that “will rebuild and maintain the power units developed at Honda research and development center” in Japan.