Red Bull and Mercedes linked in 2010?
The Red Bull team is actively searching for an engine supplier for the upcoming season. Mercedes, already the supplier for McLaren, Force India, and more recently Brawn GP, could provide engines to the Austrian team. Mercedes-Benz racing engines are among the most efficient in Grand Prix. It has been observed that no engine failures have […]
The Red Bull team is actively searching for an engine supplier for the upcoming season. Mercedes, already the supplier for McLaren, Force India, and more recently Brawn GP, could provide engines to the Austrian team. Mercedes-Benz racing engines are among the most efficient in Grand Prix. It has been observed that no engine failures have been reported from the teams using a Mercedes engine. The German company has adapted to the 2009 regulations, with eight engines per season per driver. A restriction that Mercedes-Benz has managed perfectly.
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber’s team could turn to Stuttgart instead of Viry Chatillon and Renault engines for the upcoming seasons. A partnership with Mercedes could be a potential scenario.
The manager of Red Bull, Christian Horner remains open about this matter: « The Mercedes engine is very good. »
Horner does not hesitate to add to the magazine Auto Bild Motorsport that Brawn GP had demonstrated that it was possible to change engines so late in the year, referring to the partnership between Brawn GP and Mercedes a few weeks before the first race of the season in Australia.
A fourth team powered by Mercedes would demonstrate that the German firm has a more than certain future in Formula 1…
