10-18-2020, 06:31 PM
https://f1i.com/news/387230-red-bull-thr...reeze.html
Red Bull has reportedly threatened to leave Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season if the sport's manufacturers do not unanimously agree to freeze engine rules from 2022.
The energy drink company has found itself in a fix following Honda's announcement last week of its withdrawal from F1, a decision that now compels Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri to find a new engine supplier by the end of the year.
As it weighs its options, Red Bull has said that it favours taking over Honda's power unit program which Red Bull would bring in-house at Milton Keynes, but only under the condition that the FIA enforces a freeze on development from 2022, a prerequisite justified by Red Bull's inability to assume the costs of an ongoing development program.
According to a report from Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, if Red Bull's demand is not met, Helmut Marko would pull both of the energy drink's teams out of F1, a drastic measure that would leave Grand Prix racing with just eight teams on the grid and a heavily dented image.
Sadly, I can't say I'm surprised by this. Back in 2015, when Red Bull were having a hard time finding an engine supplier, they industrialised the process of threatening to quit F1 .
Hopefully, the teams will come to some kind of agreement; however, if Red Bull don't get their way, then I fully expect them to backpedal on this threat.
Red Bull has reportedly threatened to leave Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 season if the sport's manufacturers do not unanimously agree to freeze engine rules from 2022.
The energy drink company has found itself in a fix following Honda's announcement last week of its withdrawal from F1, a decision that now compels Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri to find a new engine supplier by the end of the year.
As it weighs its options, Red Bull has said that it favours taking over Honda's power unit program which Red Bull would bring in-house at Milton Keynes, but only under the condition that the FIA enforces a freeze on development from 2022, a prerequisite justified by Red Bull's inability to assume the costs of an ongoing development program.
According to a report from Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, if Red Bull's demand is not met, Helmut Marko would pull both of the energy drink's teams out of F1, a drastic measure that would leave Grand Prix racing with just eight teams on the grid and a heavily dented image.
Sadly, I can't say I'm surprised by this. Back in 2015, when Red Bull were having a hard time finding an engine supplier, they industrialised the process of threatening to quit F1 .
Hopefully, the teams will come to some kind of agreement; however, if Red Bull don't get their way, then I fully expect them to backpedal on this threat.
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