Red Bull’s preferred option would be to take over Honda’s engine after the Japanese manufacturer pulls out of Formula 1 at the end of 2021, but the rules would have to be frozen to make it affordable, team boss Christian Horner said on Saturday. “The more we look, there really only is one option that works,” he told Sky Sports television at the Portuguese Grand Prix. “And that would be to try and agree something with Honda where we could take on the IP [intellectual property] for the Honda engine, but of course that would have to be dependant on the regulations. “It would only make sense for an independent engine supplier, as Red Bull would effectively be if there was a freeze.
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