During the 1999 season BAR announced that Honda was to supply them with engines beginning in 2000. Honda had planned to enter Formula One as a factory team, but relented. It was the first time Honda had been directly involved in Formula One since 1992. BAR did not have exclusive use of Honda engines, though, as Jordan Grand Prix were using Mugen Honda units. The following year Jordan were given factory Honda engines, but the engine manufacturers could not supply two teams forever. This prompted a battle between BAR and Jordan for the use of Honda engines in the long term.
In 2000 the new Honda-driven BAR did show improvement. It proved to be more reliable and slightly more competitive, but the team still only had a best finish of 4th. It was a marked advance on its first year, with the team finishing equal 4th.
Here are some pictures of BAR Honda Team, car and drivers:
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pic 1: Brasil 2000 Ricardo Zonta
pic 2: Australia Melbourne 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
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pic 1: Austria 2000 Ricardo Zonta
pic 2: Belgium 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
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pic 1: Belgium 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
pic 2: Belgium 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
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pic 1: Brasil 2000 Ricardo Zonta
pic 2: Austria 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
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pic 1: Brasil 2000 Ricardo Zonta
pic 2: Austria 2000 Ricardo Zonta
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pic 1: Australia Melbourne 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
pic 2: 2000 Jacques Villeneuve
There are more pictures of BAR Honda from these season! Check out the second post here and the third one here
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