Honda re-organize it Formula 1 management team after McLaren split.
Honda has participated in Formula 1 as an entrant, constructor and engine supplier, for various period since 1964.
Following 3 years of failure with McLaren, they decided to split and move to a new engine supply partnership with Toro Rosso.
The role performed by Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa for the last two years, will be split into two positions.
The engineer on Jeson Button's car at Honda's F1 team in 2006-2007, Toyoharu Tanabe will emerge as the technical director.
Tinabe will be leading the team track, while the overall boss will be Yasuaki Asaki, who will head the development at Honda's F1 base in Sakura, Japan.
Meanwhile, Hasegawa is to move to a new role leading research and developments for future road-car projects.
In the late 1980s, McLaren began an engine-supply deal with Honda to revive the glory days of their relationship. Then, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won four consecutive world driver's titles.
However, Honda's engines have been uncompetitive and its best results were a handful of fifth places achieved by Fernando Alonso.
This year was blighted by poor reliability, which led to a total of 380 grid-penalty places, and McLaren finished ninth out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship.
McLaren ultimately ran out of faith and patience with Honda, despite the huge financial advantages of being the company's works partner, and negotiated a split. The team will pay for Renault engines next year.
Katsuhide Moriyama, Honda's chief officer for brand and communication, said that separating out the roles of technical leader and racing director would "evolve our structure so that both the development team and racing/testing team can assume their respective responsibilities more speedily".
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