Ford will be making its return to F1 with Red Bull, over two decades after pulling the plug on its grand prix programme. The timing of the Blue Oval's return could hardly be better, as FilipCleeren explains.
While Ford's domestic sales stalled in 2022 - partly due to the electronic chip shortage which hampered the entire sector - its EV sales doubled to make it the US's second-largest EV automaker behind Tesla.
The Blue Oval had been evaluating F1 for some time, but the category's current hybrid rules proved a stumbling block for most interested manufacturers. The MGU-H is gone and instead, the MGU-K will do more of the heavy lifting, recovering up to three times the energy from the brakes. F1 is also moving to sustainable fuels and the new rules should help reduce the fuel burn per grand prix.
"It started two-plus years ago as we started to see and understand what the future of the sport was, what the commitment, the technology changes, the commitment to sustainable fuels, the net-carbon zero, and the change to the technical regulations to make electrification an even bigger component of the hybrid power unit.
It is clear that Ford was waiting for the significant 2026 rules shift to be confirmed in order to advance to the next stage because without them it would not have entered. The breakdown of Red Bull's Porsche talks certainly accelerated discussions, as in Ford Red Bull found a technical and commercial partner that could contribute to its own Red Bull Powertrains division in Milton Keynes, without wanting equity or putting its own footprint on the entire operation.
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