Horner Outlines Red Bull’s Ambition to Emulate Ferrari’s F1 Legacy

Since the inception of Formula One in 1950, Ferrari has been part of every season of the motor sport. Over the years, they have carved a reputation which other teams can only envy. They compete in the sport on their own. Right from the power unit to the design of the car, the team do it all. In fact, they also supply power units to Haas and Alfa Romeo.

On the other hand, there’s Red Bull. The energy drink outfit, based in Milton Keynes in England, have Honda as their engine suppliers. However, the Japanese manufacturer will leave the sport after this season, leaving Red Bull to create the entire car by themselves.

In a recent interview, team principal Christian Horner spoke about the challenge this possesses. He also mentioned Ferrari as a reference point to headline their future ambitions.

Christian Horner references Ferrari to outline future ambitions

Honda’s exit from F1 means Red Bull will manufacture power units just like Ferrari do. Speaking about the future, Horner mentions how being the only team along with the Italian outfit to make the entire car in one facility makes the project challenging. In addition, he mentions naysayers downplaying their chances of success as a factor of motivation.

He said, “For Red Bull, becoming an engine manufacturer, following the history of Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault, is a very ambitious and courageous project. We will be the only ones, together with the Maranello team, to build chassis and power units under one roof.

“All of them, they say we have no chance of success, but this charges us even more. It’s really a Red Bull-style challenge.” (Quote translated from Google)

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Can Red Bull and Honda end their partnership on a successful note this year?

Since using Honda engines in 2019, the Austrian outfit enjoyed reasonable success. In fact, this season represents Red Bull’s best chance to win a world title for the first time in seven years. Although they trail Mercedes in the constructor’s championship, Max Verstappen leads Lewis Hamilton in the driver’s championship.

With eight races to go, the title fight looks set to go down to the wire. Although the next race in Russia looks more suited to Mercedes, expect Red Bull to give a tough fight.

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