In just 46 weeks, Red Bull Racing will officially sport the Ford logo on its car, symbolic of the team’s new partnership with the American company and their jointly created power unit for the upcoming 2026 F1 season. It’s almost an entirely new car considering the modifications laid out for the power output and units specified within the FIA’s regulations. But Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing’s team principal, is confident in the progress being made for the 2026 machine — sharing some insight with Motorsport.com on the power unit development during a Ford event in Charlotte, North Carolina, shortly after the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
“The collaboration has been fantastic,” Horner said. “One of our concerns when we took on this project was that we missed the depth of knowledge compared to Ferrari or Mercedes or any other OEM-owned team. And then this partnership with Ford just naturally happened and that's just given us such a great collaboration, so much enthusiasm across the different departments that really we're able to go toe to toe with what our competitors have available to them.
