Imagining a Formula 1 Future Without Red Bull

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Published: May 12, 2015

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It seems we can no longer go a week without some new threat from Red Bull to pull out of Formula One. The latest, at last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, was vocalized by Helmut Marko, team adviser and talent-spotter extraordinaire.

"If we don't have a competitive engine in the near future, then either Audi is coming or we are out," said the Austrian former F1 driver, per the BBC's Andrew Benson.

How quickly some people forget!

A mere 18 months ago, Red Bull and Renault were celebrating their fourth-straight championship season. Now, Renault are hopelessly lost and only the Volkswagen Group can ensure Red Bull's future participation in the sport?

The frustration at Red Bull is understandable. They won three races in 2014 but were not really competitive when the Mercedes cars were healthy. This year they have regressed—and the blame for that regression, fairly or not, has been laid at the feet of their French engine partner.

But what if Audi is not a knight on a white horse (bull?) coming to save the Red Bull team? After all, Honda are demonstrating right now, via Ian Parkes of Autosport, how difficult it is for a new engine manufacturer with no experience under the new F1 hybrid power unit regulations to join the sport.

So if Audi's involvement is not the panacea Marko imagines, let's imagine an F1 future without Red Bull.



The first thing we should say is that F1 would not be completely without Red Bull. Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz owns two F1 teams—Red Bull and Toro Rosso—but he also owns the Red Bull Ring, which is under contract to host the reborn Austrian Grand Prix until 2020, per Autosport's Gerhard Kuntschik and Jonathan Noble. Even if Mateschitz sold or folded his teams, Red Bull would still play a role in the sport as a race promoter.

Also remember that Red Bull were involved in F1 long before the company owned a t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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