Marchionne: Collaborating with Red Bull is an option

As the penultimate round of the World Championship looms, F1 this weekend on the Interlagos track in Brazil, Red Bull Racing has still not officially secured an engine partner for 2016. After broken negotiations with Mercedes, tracks Ferrari then Honda were added to the possibilities for Christian Horner's team.

Last weekend in Italy, while Ferrari celebrated its World Finals at Mugello, the president of the brand Sergio Marchionne reiterated his point of view on the subject. “The possibility of collaborating with Red Bull regarding the development of a Power Unit remains a viable option, but not in a context where Ferrari would equip Red Bull with an engine equivalent to that used by Ferrari in racing.

The company can provide engineering services also for the production of the engine as a specific project for Red Bull, in which Ferrari is determined to give its best, but it can't be the engine that Ferrari uses in the race. » insisted the president, during a press conference and quoted by Gazzetta dello Sport.