Where the Red Bull/Honda love-in was clear, their relationship with Renault was not quite the same - with good reason. F1
Adrian Newey details Renault’s role in limiting Red Bull’s progress back to the topRed Bull technical chief Adrian Newey has reflected on the decline of the team’s relationship with former engine partner Renault following their initial streak of success in Formula 1 with Sebastian Vettel.
With Honda power, Red Bull ended an eight-year wait for a title when Max Verstappen clinched the 2021 title, with the team winning their first Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship double since 2013 this season as Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez won 17 races between them. “I think it’s fair to say they didn’t have the most powerful V8, but it was a product that they tailored to suit our car – we had some particular requirements, particularly in the way we used the exhaust – and Renault bent over backwards to maximise what we needed from the engine.
“When the engine that started ‘15 seemed, if anything, actually worse than the ‘14 engine, that was a pretty disillusioning moment and then you realise that in your foreseeable future if you do a spectacular job you might snatch the odd win here or there, but you’re never going to win a Championship.
Red Bull’s determination to split with Renault was not matched by a hunger to fill the void by either Mercedes or Ferrari, creating a remarkable situation in which the World Champions of two years previously faced the prospect of not having an engine for 2016.
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