Horner on new engines: 'I'd rather come up with something exciting'

This weekend there is a lot of controversy about the Formula 1 engines that might be changed as soon as 2025. Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner thinks that 2025 is too soon and wants the new engines to be used a year later.

Completely new engines

UnlikeRed Bull CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, Horner wants the engines to be redesigned. And because Horner is hoping for a lot of changes regarding the engines, he thinks it's a good idea to start the new era in 2026.

"I would rather take the time to come up with something exciting, different and relevant that fits the criteria of cost, of performance, and that encourages close racing," Horner is quoted by The Race. "Also we should not discount sound and emotion."

An extra year

According to Horner, it is not right to take some of the current engines and make them cheaper. "Hopefully there’s an opportunity, particularly if it was for ‘26, to come up with an engine that’s sustainable, that’s environmentally friendly, that uses biofuels," the Briton continued.

"That is a bit more of a clean sheet perhaps with elements of standardisation where costs can clearly be controlled rather than carry over what we currently have," Horner concludes.