Bojan Vrbnjak
Honda said goodbye to Formula 1, but cooperation with Red Bullom they have extended and will supply their engines to the team. They were originally The Japanese want to help your partner with restructuring and continue to build engines this year until it is completed Red Bullova engine factory bearing had Red Bull powertrains.
But that will be the case now much later, which he issued Helmut Marko, consultant Red Bull Racing, because apparently Honda will be attached until 2025 and will keep it intellectual property drive units. “The engines will be fully assembled in Japan by 2025, we will not tackle them at all,”So the Austrian for the magazine Autorevue. It has for Red Bull as many benefits as possible.
Theirs engine compartment can focus entirely on the new flight regulations 2026, Honda is getting to know its own drives one way or another and in 2026 the team could have more chorister from a technical trick. Because there will be rights to the flight now 2025 the rest in the hands Honda, is according to Brand "important for 2026, as this will be a newcomer to Formula One in the field of engines." Volkswagen, who will then enter Formula 1 with Porsche and / or Audience, he wanted some discounts for newcomers, as was the case years ago with late entry Honda and it could also benefit from this in the future Red Bull.
Despite changes in the field of engines and the extension of cooperation with Hondo, p Red Bullthese preparations on the new engine department take place without interruption. The Red Bulls have already hired a lot of experts and according to them Brand the department will heal to act by June this year. This will prepare them for the future after Honda, which now stays longer than originally planned. Probably the title took care of that as well Max Verstappen and the Japanese decided to continue working on a Formula 1 project in the background.
"In light of our growing success, the Japanese have reconsidered”He says Marko. "And also that they can use their knowledge of batteries for their car electrification phase. Then it was originally planned that our engines would be manufactured only for the 2022 season. Now they have decided that this will continue until 2025, which is of course a huge advantage for us."
