A Red Bull engine for Aston Martin? Team principal Laurent Mekies sets the record straight

This season, Red Bull Racing is competing for the first time with a power unit designed in-house at its Milton Keynes factory – and with great success. The Red Bull Ford engine, manufactured in-house, is powerful and reliable. This has not gone unnoticed by the competition – particularly Aston Martin, who are currently having little success with their Honda engine.

According to reports in the British media, Aston Martin is said to be interested in becoming a Red Bull customer team in the long term, specifically by 2028. At present, Red Bull Powertrains supplies only Red Bull Racing and its sister team, Racing Bulls.

Aston Martin reportedly wants a Red Bull engine

Red Bull Racing team principal Laurent Mekies commented on the matter after the race in Austin: “We’ve received a lot of unwanted positive attention regarding the performance of our engine, and that has naturally sparked the interest of many teams.”

The French engineer clarified the matter: “Are we having serious discussions with anyone about supplying another team? No. We don’t believe we’re ready for that. Is that set in stone for the next five years? No. Because I don’t know what will happen in the next five years. But in any case, we’ve got plenty to do to improve the power unit, optimise its integration into the car and reach the level of the top competitors before we can even consider supplying another team in addition to Racing Bull. So nothing will change next year or thereabouts.”

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