Red Bull Powertrains

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Red Bull Powertrains
Founded 2021; 3 years ago (2021)
Founders Helmut Marko
Christian Horner
Headquarters Milton Keynes, England
Key people
 Christian Horner
Ben Hodgkinson
Website www.redbullpowertrains.com/int-en

Template:Infobox F1 engine manufacturer Red Bull Powertrains, abbreviated as RBPT, is a Formula One power unit manufacturing company owned by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH. The company was formed in 2021 to take over the operation of Formula One power units developed by Honda from 2022 onwards, following the Japanese manufacturer's withdrawal from the sport after 2021. However, Honda continued supplying the Red Bull owned teams in 2022 and will do so until the end of 2025. Honda assembles the power units and provide trackside and race operation support. Red Bull Powertrains will take full responsibility for engine supply and operations from 2026.[1][2][3]

The power units remain Honda's intellectual property, and due to a development freeze, Red Bull Powertrains will not develop them.[4][5]

History

In February 2021, Red Bull Advanced Technologies signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Formula One engines with Honda to start in the 2022 season, after the Japanese automaker left Formula One at the end of the 2021 season.[6] The engines will be purchased and renamed Red Bull Powertrains, and supplied to its two teams currently competing in Formula One, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri, starting in 2022. The presence of Red Bull Powertrains from 2022 onwards marked the first time an independent engine manufacturer participated in Formula One since Cosworth in 2013.[citation needed]

On 23 April 2021 Red Bull Powertrains announced the hiring of Ben Hodgkinson as technical director;[7] Hodgkinson had been head of mechanical engineering at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains since 2017, and had worked at the Brixworth factory for 20 years. On 6 May, Red Bull announced the hiring of five more senior Mercedes engine employees: Steve Blewett (who will be the production director of the Red Bull power unit), Omid Mostaghimi (chief engine, electronics and energy recovery), Pip Clode (head of mechanical design for energy recovery), Anton Mayo (head of combustion power unit design) and Steve Brodie (leader of combustion engine operations).[8]

Formula One engine results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points WCC
2022 Oracle Red Bull Racing RB18 RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU rowspan="3" Template:F1cstat rowspan="3" Template:F1cstat
Mexico Sergio Pérez 18dagger 4 2 2 4 2 1 2 Ret 2 Ret 4 5 2 5 6 1 2 4 3 7 3
Netherlands Max Verstappen 19dagger 1 Ret 1P 1 F 1 1 3 1 1 7 2P 1 F 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 6 1
Scuderia AlphaTauri AT03 France Pierre Gasly Ret 8 9 12 Ret 13 11 5 14 Ret 15 12 12 9 11 8 10 18 14 11 14 14 rowspan="2" Template:F1cstat rowspan="2" Template:F1cstat
Japan Yuki Tsunoda 8 DNS 15 7 12 10 17 13 Ret 14 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 Ret 17 11
Notes
  • † – Retired before completion, but classified as more than 90% of the race distance was completed.

References

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See also

  • F1 Mugen Honda, when Honda left in 1992, Mugen took over its engines until 2000
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