Red Bull have joined their engine partner Renault in a call for the sport's regulators to put a freeze on developing the current Formula 1 power units any further beyond 2018, as resources will be needed to produce and develop engines for 2020 and beyond.
With new engine regulations expected to be released in coming months, Marko implored, "If new engine rules are coming which we hope should be announced pretty soon then we have to freeze the engines as they are now."
"And there should be a rule that every engine has to be within three percent, and that is to be properly fulfilled. Then we can live until 2020. Nobody has to make development on these engines, and that's the way to go," insisted Marko.
His Red Bull colleague and team boss Christian Horner explained, "I think an ideal world if you want manufacturers to get involved in a new engine for 2021, and not have them incur large development costs between now and then, some form of BOP – Balance of Power – ideally through fuel flow, could be a sensible route."
"That way obviously those that have done a better job would retain an advantage because they would use less fuel, and would be starting the race with a lighter car. But the power could create more interesting races," mused Horner.
During the course of the weekend, Red Bull were the best of the Renault powered teams with
Big Question: Is an engine freeze as suggested by Red Bull a good thing for Formula 1 over the next two years?
Latest News
Loading
