Honda's departure from Formula 1 was a harsh one for Red Bull Racing. The Austrian formation had its own engine supplier for the first time, which made the integration between chassis and power unit perfect. Honda, however, decided to leave the pinnacle of motorsport and so Red Bull was faced with a problem. Christian Horner comments. "Having sampled what that [manufacturer partnership] feels like and what it’s capable of, it left a question: do we go back to being a customer and the compromise that imposes, or do we take this opportunity to fully integrate the power unit into the technical team, on site in Milton Keynes, and become the only team other than Ferrari to have...
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