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      Red Bull and Renault face relationship issues

      Roger Dsouza

      Roger Dsouza

      Red Bull and Renault have been facing some problems with their understanding yet again. The owner of Red Bull, Dietrich Mateschitz has slammed the French company over the possible switch of the team to Ferrari engines. Red Bulls was surprisingly fast during practice during the Austrian Grand Prix in this weekend. The practice session was organised at Spielberg, which is Red Bull’s own circuit. Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat were at seventh and sixth in the opening session before slipping to the 17th and 12th position.

      However, there has been a report that Ricciardo was about to face a 10-place grid penalty owing to his fifth engine switch. However, it was reported that the brand would not make any further changes till the summer break in Formula 1.

      Red Bull and Renault face relationship issues
      Red Bull and Renault face relationship issues

      Mateschitz had warned two months ago that he was on the verge of losing his interest for the sport from the time Red Bull had gone on a downward spiral from 2014. Renault and Red Bull might be going for a break in their relationship after major fallout between the two big names of racing. Mateschitz said, “They take from us not only time and money, but also the will and motivation. There is no driver and no chassis which is more able to compensate for the lack of horsepower. What else has to happen that we will lose our motivation completely? You can’t force one to stay, when he wants to go out.”

      Cyril Abiteboul, the Managing Director of Renault was dissatisfied with the constant criticism. He said, “When you are in a position that is not satisfying and is not working you obviously have a duty to change things. What I think was needed more than anything was to again build confidence in ourselves. I compare the situation to 2005 when we designed and built one engine which allowed us to win the championship. I look at the confidence we had back then to do that sort of thing, to shortcut all the processes in terms of validation.”