Marko Reveals New Red Bull-Honda F1 Working Relationship After Fresh Change of Plans

Honda shockingly left F1 at the end of the 2021 season. The Japanese manufacturer had a tough time in this sport when they first entered in 2015 but left the sport as world champions when they helped Max Verstappen win the title. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko mentioned the team would still work closely with Honda.

Marko revealed Honda would work closely with them on the powertrains project and guide them throughout the season.

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We don’t have to touch the engines until 2025: Red Bull advisor Marko

As reported by Grandpx.news, Red Bull will use Honda’s IP for their engines till the end of 2025. Helmut revealed the team would not touch the engines until 2025 and begin the Powertrains journey from 2026.

“We don’t have to touch the engines until 2025, because they will come entirely from Japan. So the intellectual property will remain with Honda. We will then be a newcomer under the new regulations of 2026.” said Marko.

Marko also provided an update on how the development of the Powertrains division is coming along. “We got off to a good start and will be operational around the summer.”

The decision to do it ourselves in the first place was purely dependent on freezing further development, otherwise, we wouldn’t have had a chance with this complicated thing,” revealed Marko.

Since there is an engine freeze until the end of the 2025 season, the Austrian team can use the expertise of Honda. But it would be interesting to see if they can get off to a good start in this season following their official split from the Japanese manufacturer.

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