F1: Red Bull Not Bullish On Andy Cowell Joining To Head Engine Development
Red Bull lobbied successfully for even an engine development freeze which allowed it to acquire the Honda IP.
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Horner believes that Cowell has retired from F1 for good
Horner though is open to developing a Red Bull engine for 2024
Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner isn t pursuing the services of former Mercedes High Performance Powertrains head Andy Cowell. Red Bull which has acquired the Honda IP and is forming a new company called Red Bull Powertrains will be on its own till starting the 2022 season till 2024 when F1 has a new engine in development.
F1: Red Bull s Newey Not Excited By 2022 Rules
Newey in the last t3 decades has been instrumental in the world championship-winning runs that the Williams, McLaren and Red Bull.
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Newey s skills come to the fore when there is a change in regulation
He is considered to be one of the greatest F1 designers
Red Bull s legendary designer Adrian Newey has said that he s not excited by the 2022 regulations. Newey is considered to be one of the all-time greats when it comes to design for F1 cars and he s called the new rules in 2022 a missed opportunity .
Newey in the last three decades has been instrumental in the world championship-winning runs that the Williams and McLaren teams had in the 90s and what Red Bull achieved at the turn of the previous decade.
F1: Red Bull Was Open To Vettel Return In 2021
Marko said when Ferrari told Vettel that the contract wasn t going to be renewed be, Red Bull had assumed that Alex Albon would ve done better.
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However, the option was for 2022 which would ve meant him skipping 2021
Marko says at the time Red Bull expected Alex Albon to do better
Red Bull s Helmut Marko has revealed that he wanted Sebastian Vettel to take 2021 off and return to the sport in 2022 when the new regulations come into play and possibly he would have seats at Mercedes and Red Bull. It was clear that Sebastian would have a difficult season with Ferrari. I didn t want him to act rashly, but to wait because it was clear to me that fundamental things would change in the driver market for 2022, said the Red Bull advisor.
F1: Red Bull-Honda Engine Agreement Imminent, Ferrari Remains A Hurdle
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has been receptive to the idea of an engine freeze, but there are some caveats to his agreement.
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In 2020 only the Honda powered, Red Bull & AlphaTauri teams won a race outside of Mercedes powered cars
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The deal still faces hurdles from Ferrari
Red Bull s insistence of an engine freeze could trigger a Ferrari veto
The Race is reporting that Red Bull and Honda are on the cusp closing a deal in which Red Bull will take over the Honda F1 project after the Japanese manufacturer leaves F1 at the end of the 2021 season. This will entail Red Bull taking over Honda s products and IP and maintain the engines itself in its new Milton Keys facility. This will also include Red Bull absorbing some of the Honda staff but will also get some third party support.