For several weeks, Red Bull has been diligently looking for a solution to the loss of the Honda engines in 2022. They actually want to continue with the Honda engines in that year, to maintain them under a new name and in-house. This must be accompanied by an engine freeze, so that no engine manufacturer can further develop the engine from the end of 2021, but that idea is met with resistance from other teams.
Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko recently said that as far as he is concerned, this construction with ‘borrowed’ Honda engines must be a temporary solution, a transition to a more structural solution. He noted that he did not rule out the possibility that this more structural solution could come from a German corner, perhaps through the entry of a new car and / or engine manufacturer.
In that case, Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has said The Race good news. According to the man with the most impressive mustache in the paddock, there is indeed interest from new manufacturers: “We are more and more supported not only by the engine manufacturers within Formula 1, but also from parties outside our sport. They are very enthusiastic about it. our sustainable future and the next-generation engine that goes with it. “
Carey cites as an example that Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess recently expressed his praise for Formula 1, and in doing so completely passed Formula E in word, while two of its subsidiaries in Porsche and Audi are active in that class. He said Formula 1 with synthetic fuels guarantees much more spectacle than ‘the class in which one drives a few laps in game mode through a city’.
“With those words he could not be more positive about the course we are sailing and the importance of Formula 1 as a platform,” Carey said during an online call with investors on Thursday. “I think the more we reveal about the new generation of engines, the more that enthusiasm will increase, including among potential new parties.”
The introduction of a new engine formula is still planned for 2025, but could potentially be moved forward to 2023, along with the introduction of 100% biofuels. If that tempts new manufacturers to enter the sport, it could therefore be a life saver for Red Bull, which will then only have to find an interim solution before 2022.
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