Red Bull putting pressure on Renault
Helmut Marko is Red Bull's advisor of motorsport (copyright: getty)
After the disappointing start to this year's F1-Season Sebastian Vettel's Team Red Bull are putting pressure on engine supplier Renault and are thinking about changing to VW.
"VW are already providing engines similar to F1 in other racing series", Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko told "Sport Bild".
Compared to Mercedes Renault designed a significantly weaker engine this year. After 6 of 19 races four-times world champion Vettel is only 6th in the WDC, already 77 pts behind leading "Silver Arrow" driver Nico Rosberg.
In the constructor's championship Red Bull are even further behind dominating Mercedes, trailing by 141 pts.
Marko is therefore on high alert. According to "Sport Bild" Renault are on probation till the race in Austria (June 22nd).
"There we will have to decide on our future engine supplier", Marko announced.
Source:
http://www.sport1.de/de/formel1/formel1_teams/newspage_898492.html (german)
Helmut Marko is Red Bull's advisor of motorsport (copyright: getty)
After the disappointing start to this year's F1-Season Sebastian Vettel's Team Red Bull are putting pressure on engine supplier Renault and are thinking about changing to VW.
"VW are already providing engines similar to F1 in other racing series", Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko told "Sport Bild".
Compared to Mercedes Renault designed a significantly weaker engine this year. After 6 of 19 races four-times world champion Vettel is only 6th in the WDC, already 77 pts behind leading "Silver Arrow" driver Nico Rosberg.
In the constructor's championship Red Bull are even further behind dominating Mercedes, trailing by 141 pts.
Marko is therefore on high alert. According to "Sport Bild" Renault are on probation till the race in Austria (June 22nd).
"There we will have to decide on our future engine supplier", Marko announced.
Source:
http://www.sport1.de/de/formel1/formel1_teams/newspage_898492.html (german)