There was no clarity on a possible freeze on engine development from 2022 on Monday. Red Bull, which has been looking hard for a new power source since the announcement that Honda will leave after 2021, had hoped to freeze engine development from 2022. This so that the engine can be taken over from Honda.
Red Bull previously threatened to leave Formula 1 if engine development were not to be frozen sooner, and Helmut Marko has now stressed the importance of a decision being made quickly, now that no agreement was reached on Monday. “It’s been delayed now,” Marko told opposite F1-insider. However, we must hear a decision by November 15. That’s our deadline, they can’t do it later. ”
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Freezing engine development would give Red Bull some breathing room to find a new supplier or take over the Honda project itself and become an engine manufacturer itself. The Austrian formation had previously indicated that they would prefer not to be a customer team anymore. “The variant we prefer is to use that engine ourselves after the departure of Honda,” said Marko.
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