McLaren considering shock F1 engine tie-up with Red Bull after Zak Brown factory visit
McLaren CEO Zak Brown ꦆvisited Red Bull’s Milton Keynes factory earlier this month to hold exploratory talks with the reigning world champions, according to a report by .
Red Bull are currently powered by Honda but are creating their own engine division - Red Bull Powertrains - to supply the senior team and sister outfit AlphaTauri from 2026. American car giant Ford will partner Red Bull ꧅in the project.
McLaren’s engines are supplied by Mercedes and their current deal is set to 𝄹run until the end of 2025.
The Woking squad are contemplating their options from 2026 onwards and are understood to have also made initial contact with Honda over a possible F1 reunion.⛎
“We’re very happy 💦with Mercedes,” Brown said at McLaren’s launch of their 2023 F1 car.
“We have some time to decide what we want to do in 2026 and beyond, I thཧink it’s exciting for Formula 1 to have this many manufacturers coming into the sport.
“I think it shows the growth and excitement for the sport. It🎀’s certainly so𒁏mething Andrea [Stella] and I are in the process of slowly reviewing; we’re not in a big rush and we are very happy with Mercedes, so we’ll see how things play out in the next year or so before we make a decision.”
An alliance between McLaren and Red Bull would come as a surprise given Brown’s seemingly tense relationship with oppꦏosite number Christian Horrner.
The pair clashed in a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:heated press conference at last year’s United States Grand Prix after Brown wrote a letter to the FIA in which he said Red Bull breaking the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap “constitutes cheating”.
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