Max Verstappen met with senior management from Red Bull and Honda at the Hungarian Grand Prix to discuss the Japanese manufacturer’s plans for the future of its F1 programme.

Honda is yet to confirm whether it will continue to supply engines beyond the end of the 2020 F1 season . Verstappen met with its F1 project director Toyuharu Tanabe and Red Bull’s Christian Horner and Helmut Marko to hear more about their plans.

“He had a meeting with the Helmut, Cristian, Tanabe-san, himself and Max talking about Honda’s development plan for the future,” said Honda’s managing director Masashi Yamamoto in an exclusive interview for RaceFans.

“It was actually requested from Christian that he wanted us to explain about Honda’s future plan,” he explained. “So we did it [for] Max and Max’s reply was [that] Honda is doing what you have promised before so we trust you and he understood.”

Verstappen has won two races this year since Red Bull switched to Honda power. “Max wants to win all the races, 21 races,” Yamamoto continued. “He can discuss about the chassis with Red Bull but about engine he has to discuss with Honda so that was the purpose.”

Verstappen did not confirm whether Honda’s long-term future in F1 was a subject of the meeting when asked by RaceFans. “At the end of the day it’s not up to me what they are going to decide, of course,” he said.

Yamamoto said Honda is not yet in a position to confirm its plans beyond next season. However his view is “Moto GP is the top of motorcycle category and F1 is of course [the same for] automotive and as Honda we should continue those two categories.”

Honda currently supplies engines to Red Bull and its junior team Toro Rosso. According to Yamamoto they are not prepared to expand beyond two in the near future. “We think it’s very difficult because we don’t have enough resources in terms of people and also facility,” he said.

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