"Ferrari, the Cadillac of engine makers."

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It was a given that Cadillac was going to have to be an engine customer upon their entry. When Honda said they were leaving the sport and Red Bull created their own engine company, they asked Honda to stay on a couple more years while RB worked on their engine program. Even reverse engineering the Honda engine was expected to take time. Regardless, I'm happy to see an American automaker in F1 now.

Posted: 12/11/2024 at 08:25 AM ET

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Ferarri agrees engine deal with new F1 team Cadillac -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 06:06 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 06:06 AM ET

Also, with the addition of a new team. They will likely expand the.... -- Jackie VT Dec 11, 2024 at 02:42 PM ET

Jackie VT • 12/11/24 02:42 PM ET

While I think it would be great to build your own engines..... -- Jackie VT Dec 11, 2024 at 02:36 PM ET

Jackie VT • 12/11/24 02:36 PM ET

"Ferrari, the Cadillac of engine makers." ◄ -- Spud Dec 11, 2024 at 08:25 AM ET

Spud • 12/11/24 08:25 AM ET

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Va AandM • 12/11/24 12:04 PM ET

They've also sold their magnetic ride shock technology to multiple... -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 12:52 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 12:52 PM ET

Honda said they were getting out of F1 when their engine wasn’t great. -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 08:33 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 08:33 AM ET

Honda's engine was problematic when they came back into F1 with Mclaren... -- foreverhokie Dec 11, 2024 at 11:15 AM ET

foreverhokie • 12/11/24 11:15 AM ET

Max's first world championship came after they said they were... -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 12:55 PM ET

Agree. My bigger point was that Honda's engine did not struggle with RBR... -- foreverhokie Dec 11, 2024 at 01:06 PM ET

foreverhokie • 12/11/24 01:06 PM ET

I think that's why Honda didn't partner with RBR in the next generation. -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 01:09 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 01:09 PM ET

That's possible. I don't think I've seen anywhere that Honda was interested -- foreverhokie Dec 11, 2024 at 01:16 PM ET

foreverhokie • 12/11/24 01:16 PM ET

Sauber runs the Ferrari engine, but I think I read where Audi... -- Spud Dec 11, 2024 at 08:53 AM ET

Spud • 12/11/24 08:53 AM ET

The current engine development is supposedly frozen until the new regs..... -- Jackie VT Dec 11, 2024 at 02:49 PM ET

Jackie VT • 12/11/24 02:49 PM ET

Alpine is switching to Mercedes power units, but I don't know when -- EDGEMAN Dec 11, 2024 at 03:11 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 12/11/24 03:11 PM ET