Renault agrees with Red Bull engine plans, provided that it is introduced later in 2022

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Renault team manager Marcin Budkowsky says: “Before the new rules were introduced, we always campaigned for a freeze anyway,” reports Formula 1. These are development restrictions that would in any case apply from 2023 to both the engine and the ERS. However, Red Bull is calling for a full freeze. “That is negotiable. We are not against it.” Timing is especially important for the French team. Red Bull would prefer to introduce the development freeze at the end of 2021, while Ferrari is arguing for the beginning of 2022. However, Renault wants to introduce the freeze even later, namely sometime later in 2022. “We cannot say that we will freeze things at the end of 2021, for example, because it is simply too late for now, “he said, knowing Motorsport.com to report. The team has already invested heavily in the future, and a freeze in early 2022 would wipe that out.

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“We want to make compromises if that is in line with the regulations and if those compromises make sense,” he said, referring to the completely new engine that should not be introduced in 2026 but 2025. If it were up to Renault, the development freeze will not be introduced until sometime later in 2022, so that all the time and money that was invested in the new engine specification is not wasted. It will undoubtedly generate the necessary discussions in the near future.

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