F1: Red Bull-Ford plan to supply up to four teams

Christian Horner says Red Bull-Ford has the capacity to supply engines to up to four F1 teams in the future.

“We’ve geared our facility for circa four teams, so that’s something that we will be capable of doing longer term.”

Horner says RBPT will be open to more engine customers once they have shown their ability as an engine manufacturer.

“If in the future we’re attractive to customers, that’s something we’d certainly be open to, to supply more teams in the future. But I think, as I say, we want to establish ourselves first and earn our stripes.”

“I think we want to walk before we can run.

I think servicing the two teams under the common ownership makes perfect sense. We are an independent engine manufacturer. We have a great relationship with Ford, which is working very well

[But] essentially, we’re an independent engine manufacturer and that has longer-term strengths and advantages as well”

“But I think our focus is very much on first establishing ourselves and getting a group of people to be integrated with the chassis team, to work as one collective unit.

It’s an enormous, enormous undertaking, but we’re on that journey, and we’re making reasonable progress.”