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Honda’s departure, even though it was up in the air, is a major headache for Formula One as two teams have received virtually factory support, including the only team that will be able to squeeze Mercedes in the long run this year. .
A Red Bull Perhaps their biggest problem with the arrival of Honda in 2019 was that they were finally able to provide full factory support behind their back against Mercedes, yet they could only enjoy that status until 2021.
None of Red Bull’s four options are ideal, especially when it comes to a team that is weaving world championship dreams with perhaps the most talented driver on the field, Max Verstappen.
Helmut Marko has previously confirmed that they would prefer to carry Honda engines, but only if Formula 1 freezes engine updates starting in 2022; otherwise Red Bull will leave the racing circus with both teams.
Masashi Yamamoto, CEO of Honda Motorsport
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A Mercedes I would support Red Bull’s proposal for understandable reasons, Renault only if the engines had roughly the same performance, but in a statement to Auto Motor und Sport, Ferrari flatly rejected this:
“You can knock on the doors of Paris or Maranello at any time, where you can get a much cheaper engine than if you did it yourself.”
Ferrari’s position is understandable as they are currently 30-50hp behind the more powerful Mercedes engine, and while Mattia Binotto says the new 2021 engine will produce encouraging results on the dyno, it will be tested in winter testing. next year at the earliest. , what will really know the new Ferrari resource.
If it doesn’t deliver the expected performance, Red Bull’s proposal would have barely 1 year to correct the mistakes, and if that doesn’t work out again, they’d have to compete at a disadvantage by 2025, not to mention, of course, Honda and Renault. it is also developing a new engine for next year.
Ferrari SF90 engine detail
Photo by Giorgio Piola
And if we think that it still doesn’t cause enough engine compartment headaches, here is the next step for the FIA, led by Jean Todt, to introduce biofuels as soon as possible, to an astonishing extent: Gilles Simon of the FIA had previously confirmed that In 2022, the mix should contain 20% CO2-free biofuels, but by 2023 they want to introduce 100% biofuels, for which all would have to develop new cylinder heads and combustion chambers.
This plan, of course, is also known to Red Bull, and might be asked to postpone it, but Ferrari doesn’t want to get into it, especially not with at least a partial freeze in engine development.
A Ferrari According to AMuS, it wants to follow up with the FIA already in Portimao, so that it is not possible to introduce a new simpler engine formula in 2023 instead of 2026, which is also a very important element, which has been going on for 8 years, in the design of the hybrid formula were not: cost.
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