etusch wrote: ↑15 Feb 2021, 15:23
Big Tea wrote: ↑15 Feb 2021, 14:45
etusch wrote: ↑15 Feb 2021, 14:42
I think Honda will help them to establish their factory for producing engines. Maybe some help during production too during 23-24 years. Redbull can hire engineers during this time and start to develop their own things. I think it will keep as V6 hybrid with different fuel. So Redbull will have a good base to develop. I think Redbull can built their own pu if they keep investing.
If it ends up with Honda departing completely, I would imagine there are several likely candidates to step in and get their name on the engine in exchange for some facilities and assistance if not hard cash
if Honda accept it, they must have deal to keep ip/know how in Redbull
Horner confirms the power units will be "Red Bull" and not "Honda" or "TAG Heuer".
It will be a Red Bull engine. So it will be, as Mercedes is a Mercedes, it will be an incorporated part of the car. So it will be a Red Bull.
- Christian Horner
https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/red-b ... t-trending
Jambier wrote: ↑15 Feb 2021, 14:21
So Red Bull will become an engine supplier in F1 ?
Or are they keeping this year Honda and pray for a 2025 solution ?
Meaning, do they hire the manpower needed to develop this engine and the next generation ?
Yes, this appears to be the plan.
One presumes Honda have placed contractual provisions to prevent the existing units being badged as a rival vehicle manufacturer, but the name Porsche (or even Honda again) could certainly appear on a power unit manufactured by Red Bull Powertrains in 2025 perhaps? Red Bull would be well placed to manufacture the units in-house, and then offer the naming rights to a vehicle manufacturer.