With Purple Bull bringing energy unit improvement in-house at their
Milton Keynes headquarters for 2026, the group are searching for to construct up their
engine division, and have struck a take care of Ford which is able to see the U.S. producer
present battery know-how and personnel.

Marko acknowledged that Purple Bull had additionally had discussions with
one-time Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell, who has not labored in F1 since
leaving the Silver Arrows halfway via 2020.

“Andy Cowell is an Englishman based mostly not removed from Milton
Keynes,” Marko advised Formel1.de.

“After all he was spoken to, however he has developed his pursuits
in a special route.”

Underneath Cowell’s management, Mercedes swept each out there title
between the beginning of F1’s turbo-hybrid period in 2014 and Cowell’s departure from
the group.

Mercedes notably received 16 of 19 races in 2014, with Cowell’s division broadly
thought-about to have produced one of the best energy unit for F1’s then-new set of
technical rules.

Marko highlights demand for engineers

With Audi set to hitch F1 in 2026, and present suppliers Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault and Honda all set to stay within the sport, there might quickly be six energy unit producers in F1, prompting Marko to notice the aggressive nature of the engineers’ market.

“The recruitment of personnel can be going properly. We do not have the optimum stage of personnel but, however we’re not removed from it,” mentioned Marko.

“After all, a brand new competitor has appeared [Audi], and this has additional elevated the poaching exercise.”