Jan.9 Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull is expecting to take engine penalties in 2019. The team is confident as it switches from customer Renault power to a new works engine partnership with Honda. Marko says Honda has already overtaken Renault, but a gap remains to Mercedes and Ferrari. To close that gap, Honda and Red Bull have agreed that aggressive development this year is necessary. "There will already be a real qualifying power mode, so the drivers are not always recovering from the start," reports Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. Marko is hoping it will be enough for a championship challenge. "We have planned the world title for 2019," he said. However, with that...
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