F1: Red Bull, Its Not Too Late To Rescue 2016 Plans
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Red Bull F1 Team Chief, Christian Horner believes his team would be able to make up for the disadvantage of not knowing which engine it will use next year should it finally manage to get one.
The F1 Team is facing an uncertain future in Formula 1 Y 2016 season as it waits on Ferrari to decide whether it will supply it with engines.
Ferrari is believed to be Red Bull’s only option for next season, but the Scuderia is not willing to give its rival Y 2016-spec power units, while Red Bull has said it will not accept older-spec engines.
Mr. Horner admits that the fact that Red Bull cannot work on its new car knowing which engine will be fitted to it has left it at a disadvantage. But he reckons there is still enough time to recover from it.
“In the end, Dietrich Mateschitz is the one to make the decision. However, it’s my job to get to work as soon as we know what engine we will get. But at the moment we still don’t know,” he added.
“It’s clear that by now the other teams have an advantage over us. But the quality at Red Bull is so high that we would be able to cope with that.
“Everybody is highly motivated and we want to win again. But equally we don’t want to continue with the form we have had for one and a half years now.”
Mr. Horner concedes, however, that time is running out.
“We are in October already. Over at Milton Keynes our engineers already shuffle their feet,” he added. “They want and need to know what is going to happen with our RB12 car.
“When do I want to have a solution? Two weeks ago! Adrian Newey told me: ‘Christian, we need an answer and soon. I know what happens with the front and the rear parts of the car. But we need to know what will happen in between.’
“You have to bear in mind: it’s not only about the engine. We also have to think about cooling and this has an influence on the design of the sidepods, for example, as has the gearbox on the rear design.”
Mr. Horner says that if Red Bull be forced to quit Formula 1, the energy drinks giant would find alternatives to use its staff.
“If we were to face a situation that we could not continue in Grand Prix racing, we would have to look for alternative activities, for sure,” he said.
“At Milton Keynes we have a lot of very talented people. We would have to find a way to exploit their talents elsewhere. Of course, my staff is worrying about the future.
“But I keep telling them: ‘Please continue working and don’t worry about things you cannot control.’ ”
Ferrari is a unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, NV (NYSE:FCAU), it is set to IPO on the NYSE this month with the ticker ‘FCCI’
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