Red Bull is spending hundreds of millions of pounds on developing a new powertrain division from scratch. Here's why the Austrian F1 team thinks its is worth the expense, even as its current partner Honda makes a decision to return to the sport:
And chief among them, which also proved to be a factor in why its talks with Porsche over a 2026 engine deal collapsed at the 11th hour, was in Red Bull being fully in control of the future. After years where its fortunes have ebbed and flowed based on the competitiveness of its engine partner - just witness the highs and lows with Renault – it knew that if it wanted to become a permanent force at the front, then it needed to be in charge of what went in the back of its car.
“For the future, having chassis and engine all on one site, puts us in a unique position other than Ferrari of having everything housed on one campus. There are efficiencies and synergies that that creates, and not even Mercedes in chassis and engine have common ownership, or are on the same campus.
With Aston Martin having made clear in its Honda announcement that the 2026 rules will demand closer integration than ever before between powerunit and chassis, Red Bull knows that going back to being a customer was not something it could counter. “I think that we've enjoyed a great partnership with Honda and, having experienced what essentially a works partnership could look like, and the benefits of it, it would be very hard to go back to being dictated what the layout should be.
“And the enthusiasm that they add that has been throughout the organization has been phenomenal. It is a big brand and an important brand globally. And while at the moment there is no extra commercial rights income benefit that comes for teams producing their own engine, Horner says that situation could be something that changes as part of the new Concorde Agreement coming by 2026.
Let us not forget also that over the long haul, if Red Bull elects to take on some customer teams, the revenue streams can increase further.
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