Marko promises an enormous step in 2021
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Red Bull Racing hope to compete with Mercedes for the world title in 2021. An important part of this battle is the power of the engine and according to Helmut Marko we can expect a lot from Honda.
Honda promises further improvements
In 2019 Red Bull switched from Renault engines to Honda engines. The Japanese manufacturer was able to celebrate immediately in 2019, because after years of misery at McLaren, it was able to celebrate a Max Verstappen victory on three occasions. In 2020 the team missed the battle for the world title, but that could change in 2021.
''The Honda engine will have significantly more power in 2021. Mercedes has reliability problems and they need to look at their problem with the MGU-K. What Honda has promised us is coming and we also expect a big improvement in the 'driveability' and 'clipping' of the engine," said Helmut Marko on ServusTV.
The new deal for Red Bull
These promises are, of course, already known to Red Bull fans, so the first question is whether these promises can be kept. In addition, there is a second question and that is what Red Bull are going to do with the engine before 2022. According to Marko it is almost finished, but still little is known.
''It is a complicated subject, but I would say that we are at 85-90% of the deal. Honda is very helpful and that means we can get on with this engine and technical help from Honda. However, we need a development freeze, because that development is the most expensive and we cannot afford it. The rest looks good and we might be able to complete this deal by the end of the year or the beginning of next year," concluded the Austrian.