Dr Helmut Marko has hinted strongly that Red Bull is giving serious consideration to a switch to Honda power for 2019. Currently, the Austrian outfit is weighing up between staying with Renault or moving to the Japanese manufacturer.
Already for 2018, Red Bull decided to install Honda engines at its second team, Toro Rosso. “We let Honda explain everything they wanted to change for this year,” Marko told Bild newspaper. “That convinced us. I am even learning a few Japanese words, especially so that we can have dinner together in the evenings.”
Some worry that while Red Bull Racing makes arguably F1’s best chassis, it is Renault power that will stop the team from winning the 2018 title.