Which engine does each F1 team use in 2024?

That is represented in the price, as the sporting regulations state the standard fee between a manufacturer and customer team is €15,000,000, making it the most expensive car part.

The price is also why some teams will not produce their own power unit, instead buying one from another constructor or outside engine supplier.

On the 2024 F1 grid, there are four engine suppliers – Ferrari, Honda RBPT, Mercedes and Renault – split amongst the 10 teams in which regulations state that a customer outfit must get the same quality engine as the factory squad.

The number of suppliers should increase in 2026 though with the arrival of Audi and the full-time return of Honda for the start of the new regulations.

In 2026, an F1 power unit will change significantly with a move to fully sustainable fuel and tweaked turbo-hybrids which includes removing the MGU-H and adding a KERS-style ‘override’ boost system.

But, looking at the current grid in 2024, which F1 team uses what power unit?

Power units used by each F1 team

Red Bull 

Red Bull partnered with Honda for the 2019 season after ending a toxic relationship with Renault. It was unknown how the partnership would fare as Honda had a disastrous stint as McLaren’s power unit supplier from 2015 to 2017, where Fernando Alonso famously called it a “GP2 engine” at the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix. 

However, Honda was supplying Red Bull’s sister squad Toro Rosso in 2018 and the engine was competitive, so the main team took it on for the following season. The partnership with Red Bull worked instantly and it eventually led to Max Verstappen winning the 2021 world championship, after Honda fitted major upgrades to make it arguably the strongest power unit on the grid. 

Those upgrades were fast-tracked from 2022 though because Honda initially announced it was to quit F1 at the end of 2021. As a result, the Red Bull Powertrain company was created and, because of the new engine freeze, the team took over intellectual property from the Honda engine, while a later agreement saw the Japanese manufacturer provide technical support. 

That new partnership is due to end in 2025 after the freeze expires. The engine freeze means Red Bull is unable to develop the power unit…