Red Bull Powertrains
Red Bull Powertrains, abbreviated as RBPT, is a Formula One power unit manufacturing company owned by the Austrian Red Bull GmbH. The company was formed in to take over the operation of Formula One power units developed by Honda from onwards, following the Japanese manufacturer's withdrawal from the sport after 2021. In 2022, Honda will assemble the power units and provide trackside and race operation support, before Red Bull Powertrains takes full responsibility for their operation from 2023. The power units remain Honda's intellectual property, and due to a development freeze, Red Bull Powertrains will  not develop them. History. In February 2021, Red Bull Advanced Technologies signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Formula One engines with Honda to start in the 2022 season, after the Japanese automaker left Formula One at the end of the 2021 season. The engines will be purchased and renamed Red Bull Powertrains, and supplied to its two teams currently competing in Formula One, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri, starting in 2022. On 23 April 2021, the hiring of Ben Hodgkinson as technical director of Red Bull Powertrains was announced; Hodgkinson was the head of mechanical engineering at Mercedes AMG  High Performance Powertrains since 2017, and worked at the Brixworth factory for 20 years. On 6 May, Red Bull announced the hiring of five more senior Mercedes engine employees: Steve Blewett (who will be the production director of the Red Bull power unit), Omid Mostaghimi (chief engine, electronics and energy recovery), Pip Clode (head of mechanical design for energy recovery), Anton Mayo (head of combustion power unit design) and Steve Brodie (leader of combustion engine operations). Formula One engine results.