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Red Bull Racing will facilitate a return to Formula One of one of the sport\u2019s most successful engine manufacturers in Ford next season. Despite not competing seriously in F1 more more than a quarter of a century, Ford remain third in the list of Gand Prix wins for an engine manufacturer.<\/p>\n
Ferrari, the only team to have competed in F1 from the inaugural 1950 season have 249 wins on Sunday and Mercedes who have mostly been en engine supplier over the years are second with 236 victories.<\/p>\n
Ford with their 176 Grand Prix wins have a formidable history in F1, their DFV engine developed for Colin Chapman and Lotus was in fact produced by British firm Cosworth Ford sponsored and paid for the DFV and for many years it was the dominant engine in Formula One.<\/p>\n
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Ford takeover Red Bull powertrains plan<\/p>\n
In 2026 Ford themselves will return to the sport as a significant technical partner as Red Bull Racing seek to build their first ever power unit. Itv was expected that the American car giant\u2019s expertise would be limited to the electrical side of the new hybrid powertrain. Yet recently Mark Rusbrook, director of Ford motorsport admitted to AMuS: \u201cInitially, we didn\u2019t really want to work on the combustion engine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re doing it now because we [and Red Bull] still have a lot to learn in this area. We were initially helping with parts production, but now we\u2019re working on almost the entire car and the operational side of things.\u201d Ford have invested heavily in automated production operations, something which Red Bull have discovered to be beyond their current knowledge base.<\/p>\n
Yet the automaker\u2019s CEO Jim Farley has admitted this week, he is \u201chumbled\u201d after a recent trip to China. Ford are the fifth largest maker of road cars in the world producing an astonishing 4,988,031 units in 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the most humbling thing I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d said Ford\u2019s chief executive about his recent trip to China. During his time in the People\u2019s Republic he visited a strong of Chinese production facilities and saw cutting edge innovation being packed into the Chinese cars including self driving software and facial recognition.<\/p>\n
Insider confirms Ferrari poised to enlist Horner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ford CEO fears for the companies future<\/p>\n \u201cTheir cost and the quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the West,\u201d Farley warned. \u201cWe are in a global competition with China, and its not just EV\u2019s. And if we lose this, we do not have a future at Ford.\u201d<\/p>\n And Farley is not the only senior global executive who reports the Chinese are streets ahead of the west. His mining giant Fortescue has been investing huge sums in green energy. He claims he has now abandoned any hope of competing with the Chinese to develop electric vehicle powertrains in house.<\/p>\n \u201cI can take you to factories [in China] now, where you\u2019ll basically be alongside a big conveyor and the machines come out of the floor and begin to assemble parts,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd you\u2019re walking alongside this conveyor, and after about 800, 900 metres, a truck drives out. There are no people \u2013 everything is robotic.\u201d<\/p>\n The boss of British energy supplier Octopus made a recent visit to China and was stunned by what he saw with a factory full of robots working without light \u2013 as they don\u2019t need to see. \u201cWe visited a dark factory producing some astronomical number of mobile phones,\u201d said Greg Jackson. \u201cThe process was so heavily automated that there were no workers on the manufacturing side, just a small number who were there to ensure the plant was working.<\/p>\n Leclerc manager confirms Ferrari exit plan<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n China\u2019s army of highly skilled engineers<\/p>\n \u201cYou get this sense of a change, where China\u2019s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad.\u201d<\/p>\n The Telegraph reports the site of China\u2019s advantage over the west as\u201dlast year [the number added] was 295,000, compared to 27,000 in Germany, 34,000 in the US and just 2,500 in the UK.\u201d And China is coming for Formula One, if the current FIA presidential incumbent has anything to do with it.<\/p>\n As the debate over F1 increasing the number of Sprint events continued earlier this year, Mohammed Ben Salaam countered its more dreams F1 needs not more on track sessions.\u201dI still feel we need more teams than races,\u201d said Ben Sulayem, \u201cThe drivers are coming to me and saying, \u2018Please, no more races\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Billion-Dollar Bidding War: F1 Teams Flooded with Monthly Offers to Sell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n FIA wants Chinese F1 team<\/p>\n The president reflected on how he had delivered the 11th Fomrula One team Cadillac to the sport despite significant opposition from number of quarters. \u201cWhen we opened the Expression of Interest [in 2023], what was the outcome based on? Due process, competency framework, and without looking at which company it was, as long as it fulfilled the requirements of the FIA.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have an 11th team. I believe we should look into the performance of the 11th team, and then, if there is a Chinese [bid], and I will speak on behalf of FOM now in front of you, they will agree to that, because it is about sustaining the business.\u201d A bold claim indeed given FOM rejected the Cadillac application telling them to return in 2028 when they\u2019d developed their own power unit.<\/p>\n For FOM to be on board for a 12th team and it be Chinese, there are wheels in motion behind the scenes that F1 supremo Stefano Domenicali is not yet revealing. \u201cIf there is a team from China, let\u2019s say, and FOM approved it, and I am 100 per cent they will approve it, wouldn\u2019t it make more money with China coming in? I believe, yes,\u201d the Emerati concluded.<\/p>\n Christian Horner to refuse to work with \u201cuseless driver\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n F1 the biggest sport\u2019s market to advertise Chinese wares<\/p>\n Yet its not just more money that is behind the push for China\u2019s involvement in F1, The \u201chighly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad,\u201d are part of the picture as the fear of another downturn in the sport is pressing Domenicali to push hard for cost cutting measures.<\/p>\n He has even suggested the new eye wateringly expensive Hybrid power units coming on stream in 2026, could have a lifespan of just three years. Further the lubricant partners of the F1 teams are struggling to deliver the new bio fuel at an affordable cost. Current fuel is around $25-30 a litre, but the new bio fuels are reported to cost as much as $300 a litre. Customer teams could soon be spending a quarter of their cost cap budget on power units and bio fuel, but talented Chinese innovation could change all that.<\/p>\n The team\u2019s could find their manufacturing processes revolutionised by automation and robotics, with three D printing already being used by one team to manufacture part of their gears boss. A Chinese F1 team and power unit manufacturer could revolutionise the sport of F1, but it may be firstly their own team which benefits and their countries global marketing recognition, which cold see them dominate within a short time of being allowed to compete in the sport. F1 provides China a world leading sporting marketing opportunity as the sport has the greatest number of viewers of any other in the world on an annual basis.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ferrari\u2019s struggles in 2025 have reignited the debate over John Elkann\u2019s leadership, with a growing number of people calling for a change in leadership at Maranello. Disappointing Formula 1 results and a sharp decline in the company\u2019s market value have fuelled criticism from investors and public figures alike.<\/p>\n Financial turbulence followed Capital Markets Day. Ferrari\u2019s 2025 Capital Markets Day was intended to showcase the brand\u2019s future ambitions, but it ended up triggering one of the most difficult moments in the company\u2019s recent history. Investors reacted negatively when John Elkann unveiled Ferrari\u2019s 2030 targets. The company\u2019s stock price plummeted by around 14% in a single day, a rare and dramatic decline for such a historically stable luxury brand.<\/p>\n Some analysts have interpreted the decline as a sign of diminishing confidence in Elkann\u2019s strategic direction. Although Ferrari continues to perform strongly in the luxury vehicle market, there are doubts about its ability to sustain growth while expanding into electric mobility. The announcement came amid another challenging Formula 1 season, further exacerbating the frustration of fans and shareholders\u2026.. READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Ferrari](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/John-Elkann-and-Fred-Vassuer-of-Ferrari.jpg\")
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