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title: "Horner: Porsche F1 tie-up must be on Red Bull’s terms"
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author: "Hamilton Lyndon-Griffiths"
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published: "2022-09-02T13:27:57Z"
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# Horner: Porsche F1 tie-up must be on Red Bull’s terms

Christian Horner has hinted Porsche’s alleged attempt to buy 50% of Red Bull will not happen, stressing it will have to enter Formula 1 on the team’s terms.

Porsche is pushing to secure an entry for 2026 alongside sister brand Audi, who announced last week it would join the F1 grid as an engine manufacturer four years from now.

While Audi is eyeing entering its own team through a rumoured takeover of Sauber, Porsche is hoping to link up with Red Bull as an engine partner.

Last month a leaked document revealed Porsche’s intentions to buy a 50% stake in Red Bull, as well as assist the team’s Red Bull Powertrains division.

But the deal, which had looked a formality, is now at risk of collapsing as Red Bull wants to remain in control of its operations.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 at the Dutch Grand Prix, Horner said: “Red Bull has always been an independent team, it’s been one of our strengths.

“It’s been the backbone of what we’ve achieved and our ability to move quickly and it’s part of the DNA of who we are.

“We’re not a corporately operated organisation and that is one of our strengths and how we operate as a race team and that is an absolute prerequisite for the future.”

Red Bull is still willing to link up with Porsche to help the manufacturer seal its long-desired F1 entry, but the tie-up now rests on Porsche retracting its original offer and joining only as an engine partner.

A deadline for manufacturers to sign up for 2026 ends in October that ensures a right to vote on regulation changes, but if Porsche does press on with its entry, Horner was clear it must do it the Red Bull way.

“They \[potential team partners\] need to decide whether they want to join that party or not,” he said.

“But it would have to be within the culture of the way we go racing.”