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Dietrich Mateschitz thinks Red Bull can go to "the very top" with its new Honda engines for 2019.
Notwithstanding the McLaren debacle, Honda developed a harmonious relationship with Toro Rosso this year, and now the senior Red Bull team is signing up.
"In the last few years, we have been among the top three teams, but we were managing to do so with a below average engine," said Mateschitz, the energy drink magnate who owns Red Bull and Toro Rosso.
He told Welt am Sonntag newspaper that, until now, Red Bull had no choice other than to use customer Renault engines.
"Both Ferrari and Mercedes were at risk of Red Bull being faster than their factory teams, so they would not give us an engine," said the Austrian billionaire.
But he says Red Bull can now look confidently into its future as a Honda works team.
"The solution to our problem is a partner that has all the prerequisites for developing a top engine that fits perfectly with Red Bull and vice versa," said Mateschitz.
"The goal can only be a joint journey to the very top," he added.
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Replies (6)
Login to replyboudy
Posts: 1,168
Let's hope so.
blade
Posts: 341
yeah fingers crossed
calle.itw
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Hoping for the best, but as I say I get a bit more nervous every time RB says it will be alright.
2GRX7
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Uh, isn't Toro Rosso staying as the works team-at least according to Honda?
calle.itw
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They will both have a sort of works team status. Which isnt a farfetched idea, since the two teams are already so tightly connected.
ajpennypacker
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They have a better chance now that they have officially announced that Toro Rosso will be used as a testing team, or a pawn in developing the PU for Red Bull next year.