Red Bull on Mercedes in 2010?

And if the engine breaks Sebastian Vettel Sunday during the European Grand Prix was the straw that broke the camel's back? The day after the race, Fabrice Lom, the track coordinator Renault de Red Bull, immediately apologized, feeling that Sebastian Vettel?s second engine failure during the same race weekend could damage the relationship between Red Bull and Renault. “ It?s a dark weekend. I can only apologize to Red Bull Racing and Sebastian for this reliability issue and I can assure them that we will work as hard as possible to ensure that it does not happen again. », Lom said.

Tuesday in the columns of Bild, Christian Horner, the team director, intervened to explain that he was considering the possibility of changing engine supplier for next season. “ We have several options. Mercedes is one" says Horner. “ Of course we cannot ignore the facts. Sebastian has experienced four engine failures this season, including two this weekend when, at the same time, the six Mercedes drivers have never broken », Adds Helmut Marko, Dieter Mateschitz's trusted man in the Red Bull competition department.

While the pilots' contracts have been extended and the team has signed the Concorde Agreement which binds it until 2012, all that remains is to resolve the issue of the propeller. “ Concerning the preparation of the car for next year, we only have this point to resolve by the end of August, that is to say in the next few days He concludes.