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The Austrian has confirmed that a deal has now been agreed for Honda to continue to supply the drink company's two F1 teams in 2022 and beyond.<br>However, the arrangement will only go ahead if the proposed power unit development freeze is introduced – and Marko stressed that if it doesn't happen, the energy drink company will "drastically rethink its F1 situation".<br>Honda announced at the ...

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The Mexican has been signed as teammate to Max Verstappen for this year after an impressive campaign for Racing Point last season.<br>And although he is still getting up to speed in learning how his new team operates, he already feels that there are ways he can help Red Bull do better.<br>“I've been in the sport in different teams in different eras,” he said in a video interview conducted ...

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With F1's chassis regulations pretty much frozen in to this year, and the worst of the RB16's vices having been ironed out, there was good reason to feel optimistic about what could be possible in the final campaign of the current rules.<br>But lurking at the back of the team's mind was the well known historical trait that has characterised Red Bull's form over many recent seasons.<br>For Red Bull ...

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The arrival of new power units in 2014 opened the door for Mercedes to deliver title winning form ever since.<br>The German car manufacturer has delivered seven consecutive F1 title doubles since 2014, with Red Bull having now not won a title since 2013.<br>Speaking to Motorsport.com about why he believes Mercedes has won everything in recent years against a top ...

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Gasly made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso in 2017 before moving up to the senior Red Bull squad for the 2019 season, only to be demoted back to the B-team after a difficult 12-race spell.<br>Since returning to Faenza, Gasly has scored two podium finishes for the team since rebranded as AlphaTauri, including its first victory for 12 years at last year's Italian Grand Prix.<br>Gasly's performances ...

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The Dutchman and teammate Alex Albon endured some tricky times throughout the 2020 campaign, with the RB16 suffering from aero anomalies early in the season.<br>The car's unpredictable handling, and nervous rear end, caught both drivers out at times, although good progress was made by the Milton Keynes-based outfit in the early races.<br>While intrigue about the car’s characteristics dominated ...

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Red Bull announced last month that ex-Racing Point driver Sergio Perez will partner Max Verstappen in 2021, leaving Albon without a drive in F1.<br>Red Bull had previously said that it is open to lending out Albon to another grand prix team, but has now announced that he will be racing in the first year of the DTM's GT3 era whenever his duties as the outfit's F1 test and simulator driver ...

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With Red Bull having been open that it would look outside its current pool of drivers if Albon did not deliver what it wanted, Sergio Perez ultimately ended up landing the second Red Bull seat for 2021.<br>However, Russell would have been an obvious contender based on his pure speed after showing at the Sakhir Grand Prix that he had the pace to win when he stood in for Lewis ...

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With Red Bull feeling that Alex Albon had not delivered the consistency and rate of improvement it had hoped for, it elected to commit to Perez for next year.<br>Both drivers were informed of the decision on the Friday after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, with the news being made official shortly afterwards.<br>However, there was some intrigue prompted by a picture that Red Bull team boss ...

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Perez is to replace Alex Albon at Red Bull after the Milton Keynes-based outfit felt that his performances in the second half of 2020 were 'impossible' to ignore.<br>Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com about the reasons why Perez became the preferred choice, Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko explained that it was not all down to the former Racing Point driver's speed.<br>"The first thing ...

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Albon has lost his full-time race seat at Red Bull for next year, but will retain an intense development role and be present at a majority of races as the team's reserve.<br>With three drivers (Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll and Lewis Hamilton) having missed races in 2020 because of coronavirus, there is a high chance that there will be further absentees next season too.<br>That means Red Bull sees ...

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With the Milton Keynes-based outfit looking increasingly likely to take over running of the Honda project from 2022, it is set to ramp up its own engine expertise over the next few years.<br>And, if that infrastructure is put in place to ensure it keeps delivering a competitive power unit, it sees a pathway to going a step further and coming up with its own engine when the new ...

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The Milton Keynes-based outfit is coming off the back of a strong finish to the 2020 season, with Max Verstappen having dominated the finale in Abu Dhabi.<br>However, it is under no illusions about the step it needs to take if it is to end Mercedes' run of seven successive F1 championship doubles.<br>Red Bull had started this year facing some difficulties with the aerodynamics of its RB16 car ...

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With Red Bull weighing up its options from the middle of the season about whether or not to stick with Alex Albon or look elsewhere, both Vettel and Hulkenberg were linked with the Milton Keynes-based outfit.<br>Speaking after eventually signing Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s teammate for 2021, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said that the Mexican was the only driver that it ...

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Max Verstappen expects Red Bull will be in a much stronger position next year with both of its cars potentially able to take the fight to the world champion team.<br>The value of a second strong car was seen in Abu Dhabi, where Alex Albon was close enough to limit the strategy options of the two Mercedes drivers, and Verstappen won the race.<br>Although he didn't specify the year, Hamilton ...

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The Milton Keynes-based team announced on Friday that it had signed Perez for 2021 as replacement for Alex Albon, who is being moved into a development and test role.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Perez replaces Albon at Red Bull for 2021 F1 season<br>Horner: Perez’s Sakhir F1 victory "a great advert for himself"<br><br><br>While Red Bull team boss Christian Horner admitted that making the choice to ...

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Red Bull announced on Friday that it had signed outgoing Racing Point driver Sergio Perez for next season to replace Albon, who has dropped into a reserve and test role.<br>Red Bull has been considering Albon's future for some time after he struggled to match teammate Verstappen through 2020, but wanted to give him until the end of the season to stake a claim for the seat.<br>But after Perez ...

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Following reports on Thursday night that outgoing Racing Point driver Perez was set take Albon's seat, Red Bull confirmed on Friday that the Mexican would be joining as Max Verstappen's teammate for next year.<br>Perez has joined Red Bull on an initial one-year contract, while Albon will drop into a reserve role with Red Bull after less than 18 months racing for the team, “with a key focus on ...

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Red Bull had vowed to make a swift decision about whether or not to stick with Alex Albon, after the Thai driver struggled to match teammate Max Verstappen throughout the past season.<br>He did take a podium finish at the Tuscan Grand Prix, but finished the campaign 109 points behind his Dutch teammate. Albon had faced difficulties getting on top of the tricky handling of the RB16 but appeared to ...

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The two companies tied up at the start of 2018 with both a title sponsorship partnership and a technical collaboration on the Valkyrie hypercar project.<br>As well as being part of the official team name, Aston Martin's logos appeared in prominent positions on the F1 cars - including the rear wing - and on the drivers' overalls.<br>But following Lawrence Stroll's takeover of the Aston Martin road ...

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With Honda officially pulling out of F1 after the end of next year, Red Bull is currently weighing up its future engine situation.<br>It has been clear that its preferred route is to take over the IP of the Honda project, so it can keep running its current power unit.<br>However, the only way Red Bull can realistically push on with the Honda platform is if it does not have to keep developing the ...

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The Milton Keynes-based team has a tradition of ending campaigns robustly thanks to a rapid development push, but then it struggles to carry that momentum forward.<br>Max Verstappen's dominant victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a difficult start to 2020 appears to show history repeating itself, but the team believes it can break the cycle this time and kick off 2021 in style.<br>It thinks ...

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Max Verstappen dominated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to give Red Bull its second victory of the season, leading home the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and Hamilton, who finished third.<br>Verstappen led every single lap of the race at the Yas Marina Circuit, as neither Bottas nor Hamilton managed to get close to the Dutchman as they struggled with their tyres.<br>Although the result had no impact ...

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Albon qualified fifth in Abu Dhabi, but was able to pass McLaren's Lando Norris for fourth place in the opening stint before the safety car drew him close to Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton.<br>Although Albon could not put Hamilton under pressure initially, he was able to go on a late charge to cut the gap from nine seconds to just 1.5 seconds in the final 15 laps, crossing the line fourth.<br>Red Bull ...

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Although there is quite a strict chassis freeze heading in to next year, as part of the cost saving measures introduced in response to the coronavirus pandemic, there are some freedoms to make developments.<br>As well as aerodynamic surfaces remaining open to change, teams are allowed to use two special development tokens to choose particular parts of the car that they want to improve.<br>More ...

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