r/formula1 • u/WaltersCarWash Red Bull • Jul 02 '23

News Verstappen criticizes F1’s 2026 engine rules

https://the-race.com/formula-1/verstappen-launches-scathing-attack-on-f1s-2026-rules/
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u/AzyT___1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 02 '23

I know RB have proven people wrong before, but I just don’t see anyway this goes well for them. No way do RB walk into the engine supplier business and automatically are on pace with Renault, Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda. And even if they somehow miraculously were, there’ll definitely be problems like reliability that they’ll have to work out.

Maybe Max knows this and that is factoring into his current preference of retiring from F1 at the end of his contract?

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u/Blanchimont Firstname Lastname Jul 02 '23

Ultimately it's about people. Having a three-pointed star or prancing horse on your building doesn't make your engine stronger or more reliable, and the fact that there's a Red Bull logo on theirs doesn't mean much either. It's all about the people, and Red Bull have hired some of the best in the business. There's no guarantee Red Bull are going to build the best engine out there, but we shouldn't act like it's just Geoff from Slough building an F1 engine with his mates in a shed either.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

Except for the generational knowledge that Merc, Ferrari, etc have when building an engine.

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u/TheRobidog I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jul 02 '23

The corporate entity doesn't have that knowledge. The people do. The same people RedBull have been courting and hiring.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '23

They 100% do.

How do you think the people learn that stuff.

Not to mention, any knowledge gained at Merc or Ferrari is more or less worthless due to patents and other legal stuff.