Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted “it’s going to take time” to take on the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes in the power unit department, with the team in the process of constructing their 2026 powertrain.

Christian Horner: Red Bull power unit project ‘by far our biggest challenge’

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

“We’ve got a massive regulation change, they’re changing the engine and the chassis in ‘26 and we’re building our own engine for ‘26, in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and that’s a huge challenge,” Horner explained on talkSPORT.