The marriage between Red Bull and Honda pairs together a team that regularly flaunts its chassis with an engine manufacturer determined to prove it can cut it in Formula 1.  But how have both reached this stage? When Red Bull took over the ailing Jaguar squad in 2005 Honda was itself re-emerging as a Formula 1 contender, taking podiums – and a win – with Jenson Button. Red Bull’s switch from Ferrari to Renault power for 2007 barely caused a ripple but it would prove to be the start of one of the most important relationships of the 2010s, a period of supremacy followed by the long, slow and fractious amble towards divorce. Jaguar morphed into Red Bull for the 2005...
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