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Hopefully the Andretti bid does end up getting approval from the FIA. It'd be nice to have another team on the grid.Still very early in the process but very very cool:
Andretti applies for 2024 F1 entry
I cannot see any circumstances ever that would see Red Bull go back to Renault. None at all.
They will want the most competitive power unit they can get. The reason why they split up with Renault in the first place is due to Renault's F1 power unit development budget was significantly smaller than Honda and their competition so they thought they would have no chance of winning. However, with the power units being frozen this season, whichever is quickest and has desirable packaging characteristics at the end of this season will be sort after by all customer teams in order of availability. If Honda deliver a great PU then there will be no reason to change but if they find themselves having the slowest PU, then Red Bull will likely want to change.
Considering how the Renault relationship ended I don't think it really matters what Red Bull wants.
All that would do is ensure they always had an outdated engine because if Renault didn't treat them like a works team before when it was a mutual relationship they sure as hell wouldn't when it was a forced one.
They also had very public spats and wound up naming their engines Tag Heuer instead of Renault because they didn't want to advertise anything Renault related...Last time they were with Renault, they used the new spec engine before Renault themselves.
McLaren had marketing deal with Renault but they don't with Mercedes so no branding. Red Bull won a championship with Honda but they won't have the Honda name on it this year. I don't think they really care about names of stuff but the money it provides when it comes to marketing deals. It is always about having the best performing power unit they can get and challenge for victories hence why they are taking effort to create their own when they didn't want to.
It'll just never happen. Red Bull aren't spending millions on a power unit facility to go and buy Renault engines. That relationship is dead and will never revive.
I would say yes & no. Honda formally withdrew from Formula 1, so that's why we're not seeing Honda anymore. However, thanks to HRC merging 4-wheel efforts into their motorcycle base, Honda is still technically on the RB & AT as 'HRC' as part of their internal collaboration that brands Honda PUs as Red Bull's, tmu.
They are doing all this to ensure they have the chance to have a competitive power unit as they know Mercedes won't supply them and they think Honda was their best option at the time. It will be buying PUs until end of current regulations so not sure what spending millions on their own facility has got to do with that point. They can't predict the future on how well the other manufacturers will do as Honda was probably overall the most consistently strong PU last season so makes sense to keep that continuity and have their options open.
Red Bull got their new title sponsor in Oracle.
Honda are still running and maintaing the PU until 2025. https://the-race.com/formula-1/how-changed-red-bull-honda-f1-deal-will-work-from-2022/
The incentive will be if there is more performance to be had elsewhere. It will be a no brainer if they can get better performance, if not there is no point.
That doesn't really seem to make any difference. If Honda were officially still around, it could be Oracle Red Bull Racing Honda.
That is basically what I said; if the engines fall apart, they will go elsewhere. Until then, they have an agreement til' the new PUs come in.
