Marko: Engine rule changes or Red Bull will quit
May 17 - Red Bull could quit formula one if the next set of engine regulations is not significantly better.
That is the warning-shot fired by the energy drink-owned team's top Austrian official Dr Helmut Marko.
Talks have already begun about how to tweak the controversial engine rules for beyond 2020, and Red Bull has some conditions.
Marko told El Confidencial: "The idea is very simple. We want an engine that is 1000hp, with a single standard KERS and battery, and development does not cost more than 15-20 million.
"They should have sound, and allow the driver to make the difference. And independent companies like Ilmor and Cosworth should be able to enter so that we or McLaren can use them if we want," he said.
And if those conditions cannot be met, Marko confirmed that Red Bull might quit F1.
"Yes," he said, "because last year Mercedes would not give us an engine, neither would Ferrari, and Renault was only forced by Ecclestone to give us one.
"We want to have an equal situation where we are not blackmailed by a manufacturer," Marko added.
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The dominance of the two manufacturers teams continues, the Honda engine is a joke and Renault are either incompetent or crooked. The consequence, a very poor competition and one I am losing interest in. Excellence is not aiming for 6th place, the fool organisers will bankrupt F1 in two more seasons of this. The most annoying thing is that good drivers are artificially pushed into second rate status by some very average drivers who ride for the manufacturers. The media will get better returns if they concentrate on F3 and F2 or maybe even the electric format if it could become better presented in the next few years.
F1 is no longer racing and the fans who like to travel will find something more honest to watch.
Well at least we have 2 different competitors who battle it out.Last year was quite a different story. It would indeed be better if we have more contenders for the championship. But I think you underestimate the difficulty of being competitive in F1 these days. The power units are just to complex for racing. Racing has nothing to do with being green.
Don't see what was wrong with the old v8 why not just use that as a starter and modify it to give it a more up to date spec as for Redbull there like a child if I can't have my own way I'll leave . I say leave and take max verstappen with you
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