According to the BBC’s Andrew Benson, Red Bull and Ford are set to announce a Formula One energy unit partnership. The BBC reported that Ford despatched info relating to the tie-up to Italian information company Ansa, which was revealed early by mistake. It is anticipated that the deal shall be formally unveiled tomorrow in New York throughout Red Bull Racing’s 2023 livery reveal.
Allegedly, Red Bull Racing will compete with an in-house designed and constructed hybrid energy unit badged as a Ford starting in 2026, when new engine laws kick in. The rule change will see the present twin-turbo V6 engines working on sustainable gas and fitted with extra highly effective hybrid elements. Red Bull Powertrains is already creating an influence unit for the brand new laws, and Ford shall be offering monetary and technical help. In the meantime, Red Bull would proceed to race with its unbranded Honda energy items.
Coincidentally, Ford’s most up-to-date involvement in Formula 1 was by its possession of the Jaguar F1 staff, again within the early 2000s. Jaguar by no means gained a race and solely completed on the rostrum twice in its 5 years of competitors. Ford then bought the staff to Red Bull after the 2004 season, and Red Bull Racing was established. The staff gained their first championship with Sebastian Vettel in 2010.
Ford’s most well-known stint within the World Championship was within the late Nineteen Sixties, Seventies and early Eighties with the Cosworth DFV. Cosworth developed essentially the most profitable F1 engine of all-time with monetary backing from Ford. The DFV helped win 12 F1 World Drivers’ Championships over 14 years. Undoubtedly, Ford and Red Bull wish to replicate the DFV’s success with an analogous partnership.
Source: jalopnik.com