Red Bull are being forced to play a waiting game over whether Formula 1 will sanction an engine freeze from the 2022 season and beyond. Rather than turn to help from one of the sport's other engine suppliers, Red Bull want to take over control of Honda's Intellectual Property and continue to run their engines even when the Japanese power unit manufacturer leaves Formula 1 at the end of the 2021 campaign. But Red Bull will only use that option (a deal with Honda has already been agreed) if a vote is passed on an engine freeze being implemented in 2022, with the new engine regulations perhaps being moved by a year from 2026 to 2025 as somewhat of a compromise. Red Bull's motorsport advisor,...
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