TEAM PRINCIPAL: THE FUTURE IS CLEAR FOR RED BULL RACING
Team principal Christian Horner says that the Milton Keynes squad is on a firm footing following the death of Red Bull Racing boss Dietrich Mateschitz recently.
The Austrian billionaire passed away shortly before the recent
United States Grand Prix in Texas, the same weekend when the squad won the constructors’ championship with a victory for Max Verstappen.
Horner said that the future had been mapped out for Red Bull Racing and its sister team AlphaTauri, and Red Bull would still be going ahead with its bespoke powertrains division, which is in the pipeline.
Horner said: “The future is set.
He’s put in place a very strong foundation for the future. And with, in 2026, Red Bull becoming a power unit manufacturer, that was the missing piece of our jigsaw, and [Mateschitz] had the vision to enable that to happen. And just as we’ve done with the chassis, we will take that same spirit, his spirit into the future engine company.”
Horner said that the enthusiasm that the founder put into the powertrain idea meant that the prospects for the team would be secure.
Horner added: “He set that vision, and he was he was involved right up until last week. He had the vision for and endorsed the plan for Red Bull Powertrains, to set the team up for the future, for the long term.
“And the commitment that he’s shown to that, and what he’s enabled us to create in Milton Keynes, puts Red Bull Racing in a very strong position for many, many years to come.”