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First idea to celebrate Honda was smaller than special livery

The special red and white livery that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will be driving in Turkey is a nice send-off from Red Bull Racing to Honda. The red and white livery is a tribute to Honda's first F1 victory in 1968 when the team entered with the red RA272. But was a special livery always the plan? Race overalls According to Honda F1 director Masashi Yamamoto, Red Bull Racing's plans were initially slightly less extensive. The team wanted their drivers, Verstappen and Perez, to drive in special racing overalls for the Japanese Grand Prix. "Red Bull said to Honda 'let's do something special together for Suzuka.' That's where it all started. Then one of the ideas was to make a...
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