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ESPNF1 Christian Horner says Renault is still six months behind rival Mercedes and that Red Bull already has options for 2016 if it continues to fall short of expectations.
Horner branded Renault's performance in Austria "unacceptable" after a disappointing debut at the Red Bull Ring, as the gap between the French manufacturer and Mercedes was brutally exposed in the Austrian mountains. Rumours in the paddock suggested Red Bull could build its own engine in 2016 but Horner says the team knows it will have a wealth of other options if it decides not to renew its deal with Renault after next season.
"The thing about a team like Red Bull is we always have options, and I'm not going to disclose what they are here," Horner said. "We want to run at the front, we want to be competitive, and in order to be competitive we have to have a sensible power unit.
"Of course we have had some discussion with Renault and they fully accept the situation that we are in is not where we should be. Obviously they are doing everything they can and applying the resources they have to try and improve that situation. Renault is very aware of what our position is and all we can do is help and support them going forward.
"Fuel is going to be a key area of development, Total are working hard on that and have things in the pipeline which looks encouraging. We are behind where the Mercedes teams are because of all the running they've done on track and with the dyno and so on, Renault is only just starting to catch up so we're probably where Mercedes were six months ago."
Horner thinks one of the biggest problems Red Bull has faced this season is that Renault has tried to please all four of its customer teams rather than giving one preference over the others.
"I think that can be an element of it because you're never going to be able to satisfy everybody. If you look at the engine Ferrari have made, it's for a Ferrari car and the customers have to adjust their cars accordingly, Mercedes likewise.
"Renault has tried to keep all its customers happy, which is an admirable thing to do, and have tried to treat them all equally, but it's not the way to [/qbe competitive. We need to make sure we can engineer ourselves out of the situation we are currently in and at the moment that means supporting Renault to get more out of the power unit."
ESPNF1 Bernie Ecclestone says F1 may drop Monza from the calendar after 2016 because of concerns over the commercial viability of one of the sport's most historic circuits.
The current extension to Monza's deal occurred in 2010 for the circuit which has hosted every world championship Italian Grand Prix, with the exception of the 1980 race. But Ecclestone is not happy with the terms of that deal and admits his concerns might be enough to drop the race altogether.
Speaking to Italian newspaper Gazetta della Sport, Ecclestone said: "I don't think we'll do another contract, the old one was a disaster for us from a commercial point of view. After 2016, bye bye..."
When asked about the possibility of the Italian Grand Prix being switched to Mugello, originally put forward by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, Ecclestone said no proposal had been received.
I daren't follow the link. I don't want to shatter the LiamCatterson illusion by knowing what you're actually like.
There's a whole thread dedicated to photographs of forum members too, pretty much most people have posted one, including Liam.
Or so you think
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Liam, are you saying you are a woman who loves F1 and pretty girls
I daren't follow the link. I don't want to shatter the LiamCatterson illusion by knowing what you're actually like.
There's a whole thread dedicated to photographs of forum members too, pretty much most people have posted one, including Liam.
I, um... really? Wow. What a bizarre lot you are.
Just thought I'd share an article I wrote for F1Connection, looking back one year ago to the 2013 British Grand Prix.
F1 Connection is a site run by some passionate youngsters (mainly students), who write articles, blogs and features about the sport.
They asked me via twitter if I might consider contributing some articles, so I thought I'd give it a go (seeing as Hugh Podmore monopolises the articles on this website). Hope it's OK with the mods to share this?
http://f1connection.blogspot.co.uk/2014 ... -back.html
Excellent Lew!! There are some talented writers on this site, it's a shame we always get same old ,same old biased badly written pieces in the news page. It would be nice if sometimes some of the members could guest write. like you Lew.
See our F1 related articles too!
