Lindblad says Red Bull's first in-house power unit deserves recognition

Racing Bulls driver Arvid Lindblad says Red Bull Powertrains is receiving the recognition it deserves after Max Verstappen's back-to-back wins in Bahrain and Singapore. Lindblad said the engine had been “really good all year”; the victories were Red Bull's first of the season.

Red Bull's engine division built the power unit entirely in-house for the first time. Lindblad races for sister team Racing Bulls with the same Red Bull-Ford power unit. He said he could imagine no earlier example of a team making an engine in its first year and having it classified as the best. He called the feat “pretty cool” and “in the Red Bull spirit.”

His praise came amid a difficult season for the wider Red Bull operation on the chassis side. Lindblad said the team had not achieved the performance it wanted and suggested that other problems may have kept the power-unit group from receiving due credit.

The FIA classified Red Bull's internal-combustion engine as the grid's benchmark in its Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities assessment. That status restricted the team from introducing further performance hardware for the remainder of the campaign.