As you’ll read in one of the news pieces below, the F1 world has been all atwitter, over the recent announcement that Ford is officially returning to Formula One as the engine “supplier” for Red Bull. Yes, I put supplier in air quotes because the concept of engine suppliers in F1 has long been somewhat misleading.
Obviously, Ford officially returning to Formula One is a big deal since, despite only being an official supplier from 1967-2004, they still rank third overall in wins with 176 and are only eclipsed by Mercedes (213) and Ferrari (243). Amazingly, 155 of Ford’s wins came from a single engine design the DFV, but that’s really where the air quotes start…since that’s arguably not really a Ford.
