Cyril Abiteboul has confirmed Renault would be opposed to any Red Bull-requested engine freeze because differences in power are “the core of Formula 1”. Red Bull are touting for a freeze on engine development after Honda announced in October that they are pulling out of F1 at the end of next year, leaving the two teams owned by the Austrian energy drink giant, the other being AlphaTauri, seeking a fresh supply of power. The preferred option for Red Bull would be to acquire the intellectual property for the Honda engines and bring the operation in-house, but it has yet to be confirmed whether that will be the plan. Another, less palatable, possibility would be to revert to Renault...
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