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Besides, there are rumours that they have reached an agreement with Honda to take over the Honda Engine development and current infrastracture and resources. It is all positive. Probably they may do what Brawn did with the Honda chassis and win a championship with a Honda engine.
More than rumors - Red Bull officially have said they have an agreement with Honda to take over control of the engine IP. But they have said that only workable for them if they get the engine freeze.

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/form...22-and-beyond/

Helmut Marko, is for the other teams and the FIA to agree to freeze engine development for the field. As for the Red Bull-Honda arrangement for 2022 and beyond, Marko told German media: "Everything has been settled between us. Everything is in the starting blocks.

"The talks were very constructive, they were very, very accommodating, and it can be a very competitive engine in the future even without the official factory support. All that is left for the OK is when we have written proof from the FIA that the development freeze on the engine side is coming," he added.
It possible that Marko is bluffing, even though he says he isn't. But with what COVID has done, it is now a different world out there now.

Marko warned that if the freeze is not put in place, "that would make Red Bull drastically rethink its situation in Formula 1."

"This is not blackmail," he said, adding that Red Bull does not have a plan B. "For reasons of reason and cost, an engine freeze is just the only way now with these ill-fated engines."