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F1: Red Bull, Honda Agree To Two-Year Engine Deal
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Following several weeks of formal discussions, Red Bull and Honda reached an agreement to join forces for the 2019 and 2020 Formula 1 seasons, taking them up to the end of the current engine regulations. The team will continue to race under the full name of Aston Martin Red Bull Racing.
“We have been impressed by Honda’s commitment to F1, by the rapid steps they have made in recent times with our sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso, and by the scope of their ambition, which matches our own,” Team Principal Christian Horner said.
The move marks the first time Honda will supply more than one team since the Japanese manufacturer returned to F1 in 2015 with McLaren.
Honda has been building up its UK facility in Milton Keynes to house a second operation for several years and can supply both Red Bull and Toro Rosso from 2019.
As part of the deal, Red Bull and Toro Rosso will run identical specification power units.
“Having two teams means we can access twice as much data as previously,” President & Representative Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Takahiro Hachigo said.
Red Bull’s decision to work with Honda ends a 12-season relationship with Renault, which has yielded 57 victories, four drivers’ and four constructors’ championships.
“We would like to thank Renault for the past 12 years, a period during which we experienced some incredible moments together. We have sometimes had our differences but Renault has always worked tirelessly and to the best of its ability to provide us with a competitive power unit,” Horner said.
“That is still the case today and we would like to thank the Renault team, and particularly the guys in our garage at every race, for their unstinting commitment and we look forward to ending our partnership on a high come the end of this season.
"Our focus for the rest of this year is still very much on delivering the best results possible in the 2018 championship and we wish Renault Sport all the best for the future.”
Renault will now supply just two teams—their works operation and McLaren—in 2019, with Mercedes and Ferrari each having two customers apiece in addition to their factory teams.
“We have been impressed by Honda’s commitment to F1, by the rapid steps they have made in recent times with our sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso, and by the scope of their ambition, which matches our own,” Team Principal Christian Horner said.
The move marks the first time Honda will supply more than one team since the Japanese manufacturer returned to F1 in 2015 with McLaren.
Honda has been building up its UK facility in Milton Keynes to house a second operation for several years and can supply both Red Bull and Toro Rosso from 2019.
As part of the deal, Red Bull and Toro Rosso will run identical specification power units.
“Having two teams means we can access twice as much data as previously,” President & Representative Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Takahiro Hachigo said.
Red Bull’s decision to work with Honda ends a 12-season relationship with Renault, which has yielded 57 victories, four drivers’ and four constructors’ championships.
“We would like to thank Renault for the past 12 years, a period during which we experienced some incredible moments together. We have sometimes had our differences but Renault has always worked tirelessly and to the best of its ability to provide us with a competitive power unit,” Horner said.
“That is still the case today and we would like to thank the Renault team, and particularly the guys in our garage at every race, for their unstinting commitment and we look forward to ending our partnership on a high come the end of this season.
"Our focus for the rest of this year is still very much on delivering the best results possible in the 2018 championship and we wish Renault Sport all the best for the future.”
Renault will now supply just two teams—their works operation and McLaren—in 2019, with Mercedes and Ferrari each having two customers apiece in addition to their factory teams.
