Red Bull finally has an agreement with a supplier of engines for the season 2016 Formula 1 announced the team boss Christian Horner on Friday. According to the international press, the expectation is that Renault continue developing the power units for the Austrian team despite the troubled relationship between the parties this year and a new contract should be made official in the coming days.
"Next year will be a transition year," Horner warned. "We have an agreement with a supplier for next season I hope to be confirmed in the coming days," added the Briton.
"(The partnership) will have a development path that, ironically, in a way, is what we were trying to achieve 12 months ago, and let's see what this is going," added Christian Horner.
During the World in 2015, pilots and engineers at Red Bull did not hide dissatisfaction to weave public criticism of the power units of the French manufacturer. The team of energy then talked to Mercedes and Ferrari looking for a partnership, but the two biggest teams in category ruled out supplying engines to a rival considered dangerous.
The last attempt before returning to talk to Renault was Honda, who returned to F1 this season, reviving the partnership with McLaren. However, the proposal was discarded by the CEO of the British team, Ron Dennis, claiming to have exclusive rights contract with the Japanese.
In an almost desperate situation, Red Bull even threatened to leave F1, but Renault, which will have its own team next year with almost enshrined acquisition of Lotus, agreed to negotiate again and to continue supplying engines to the team based in Milton Keynes.
The hit late-season with interests for 2016, seems to be over. Red Bull has an engine for the coming season and will therefore regularly at the start. After months of negotiations with Mercedes and Ferrari, and threats of pre-wedding circus of the four wheels, Christian Horner, team principal of the team of "cans" announced the happy news over the weekend of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, the last race of the World Cup in 2015.
" We have an agreement for an engine for next year, we hope that everything will be confirmed in the coming days. It will be a year of transition , "the words of Horner Autosport. According to rumors, the Red Bull should rely on a power unit Renault but unbranded. " There will be a path of development , "concluded Horner.
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