What's next for Porsche and Red Bull after their F1 talks collapsed? Here's a look at the possible steps they could each take:
Porsche was ready to wed itself to Red Bull for 10 years by partnering with the runaway 2022 F1 championship leader's engine programme and buying a 50% share of its race team. The union was mooted to be announced at the Austrian Grand Prix in early July before the FIA delayed the final wording of the 2026 power unit regulations. Soon came Moroccan legal documents that stated a 4 August date for the deal to be formally announced, only the day came and went.
On the Friday morning of the Italian GP weekend, Porsche finally confirmed the marriage was off. Its short statement read:"In the course of the last few months, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and Red Bull GmbH have held talks on the possibility of Porsche's entry into Formula 1. The two companies have now jointly come to the conclusion that these talks will no longer be continued.
Having somewhat hedged its bets with the precise piston and compression ratio specification for the 2026 engine regulations, it has pressed ahead developing its 1.6-litre V6 combustion engine. Prior to the summer break, the team has begun putting it through its paces on the dyno already. It is also known that Honda is considering a return, having canned its factory F1 engine programme at the end of 2021 aswas crowned drivers' champion for the first time. With the Japanese manufacturer's former F1 managing director Masashi Yamamoto joining Red Bull Powertrains and the Honda engine living on in the sequence of RB cars as a rebadged unit until the end of 2025, that alliance has considerable potential to be rekindled.
"We have all read comments from Porsche and Red Bull, and they will be them to decide what to do. But I believe that we as F1 are currently a very inclusive platform. There are also other manufacturers sitting at the table of the engineers who prefer not to come out into the open."What about Porsche's next steps?
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