Rumor that Porsche will cooperate with Red bull racing pre-season Formula 1 in 2026 flew around for many months. WOMENow, It seems that dream is dead, Motorsport.com reportsand it looks like skepticism is coming from within the Red Bull camp.
In case you lose it, Porsche was set to buy half of the Red Bull Formula 1 team after the power unit regulations were set for the 2026 season. The first delay came from the FIA, which delayed enactment. regulations and thus delayed Porsche’s announcement. However, now, Motorsport.com reports that the deal is completely off the table:
What seems to have happened after the delay of the rules – and the final adjustment of the 2026 regulations regarding new concessions for new entrants – is that Red Bull Director Christian Horner and [Helmut] Marko backed down thinking that a 50/50 partnership with Porsche from 2026 was the best thing for the F1 team.
Initially, it was understood that the negotiations were quite complicated. But the longer the negotiations drag on and the more details they go into about how things will work, the more Porsche managers will sit at the table, and the bigger the sk.Epic theory developed at the Milton Keynes camp.
Basically, it looks like Porsche wants pretty big swing team – an amount of influence that Red Bull became increasingly annoyed with. Red Bull, who had previously sought strength-unit support after Honda announced its departure from F1, has created its own powertrain base and development of a 2026 production unit appears to be going smoothly. Why put more cooks in the kitchen than it can accommodate?
Porsche’s compatriot Volkswagen Group manufacturer Audi confirmed its own involvement in the sport before the power unit regulations change in 2026.
