History doesn’t always repeat, but it often echoes itself. So there’s something deeply resonant about Ford’s choice of team partner for its comeback as an engine supplier.
Red Bull Racing was born out of what’s easily the nadir of FoMoCo’s involvement in Formula 1. Having supported Jackie Stewart’s entry into F1 as a constructor in the late 1990s, Ford then bought the team ahead of the 2000 season, rebadged it Jaguar Racing as a marketing tool for one of its premium car brands - then found the following five seasons so bruisingly expensive that it ended up selling the outfit to Red Bull for a nominal £1.
