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Originally Posted by iPond
Shame as Audi in F1 would be quite interesting. Really surprised Red Bull are prepared to ditch a manufacturer for a customer engine! No matter how poor the Renault is at the moment, its gotta be a better option long term? Thats why McLaren are taking the pain with Honda.
Would be good if it was just a short term option whilst they develop their own engine! Probably unlikely though.
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But with Renault buying the Lotus team, Red Bull would become a customer if Renault continued to supply them.... besides, Red Bull have burnt their bridges there. They won 4 championships in a row with Renault in the 'blown diffuser' era when Renault was the best engine, yet Red Bull scooped the praise by saying it was all the car. Now they're struggling, they couldn't be quicker to criticise Renault.
All this rubbish with Dietrich Mateschitz threatening to quit the sport if Red Bull don't return to winning stinks of sour grapes if you ask me. The childish 'i'm not playing if i don't have the best toys' approach. From a PR perspective, it looks to have backfired on them quite nicely....