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Red Bull management flies to Austria to convince owner to buy Honda IP

Tanish Chachra
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Red Bull management flies to Austria to convince owner to buy Honda IP

Red Bull management flies to Austria to convince Dietrich Mateschitz to purchase Honda’s engine to sort power unit issue post-2021.

Red Bull saw it coming when Honda backed out from F1 once again, but the Austrian team had little in hands to prevent the situation.

The Formula 1 team has only the last resort of using the engine by either Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari. With Renault already agreeing to work with Red Bull, but the sour days of the past between the two are still remembered.

Now, it has been reported by Missed Apex Podcast that Red Bull’s Helmut Marko and Christian Horner are with Red Bull’s big boss Dietrich Mateschitz to convince him to buy Honda’s engine IP completely.

It has been further revealed that if it is achieved then Red Bull will place a white label on the engine. Moreover, a third party will be hired to develop the engine further to suit the requirements of the team.

Will it be granted by Mateschitz is still a matter of time, but the possibility of it is high, as Red Bull’s experience with Renault doesn’t want them to be reliant on their rivals.

But at the same time, the Austrian team wishes to be in the top-3 of the sport consistently, so they will have to shed money to make it happen amidst Honda’s exit.

Renault has no problem with Red Bull.

Renault’s team principal Cyril Abiteboul has openly claimed that they would be there to fulfil their obligation to provide Red Bull with an engine if they ask for it.

But he also remarked that their rivals might have a problem with it. Red Bull has made no response to it so far, and it seems unlikely that they will take that road once again.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra

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Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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