Red Bull and Liberty Media meet in "secret"
- Published on 05 Jun 2017 14:11
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- By: Fergal Walsh
Red Bull has recently had a "secret" meeting with John Malone, owner of Liberty Media. Liberty took over the sport in January and set out goals of improving the sport for the fans. Malone is one of the leading men looking into the new engine regulations that are set to come into play beyond 2020.
Since 2014, Red Bull has been threatening to leave the sport as they were not competing at the top. This season, when the expectations were high, they have underperformed causing Dr Helmut Marko to speak out and declare that they would be leaving the sport if the regulations didn't change soon.
According to Germany's Bild newspaper, Malone and Marko met last week to discuss the regulations for 2021. The plans were outlined earlier in the year for the new engines, with the goal of making them cheaper and more simple, while also improving the sound.
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Login to replyf1fan0101
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Is Marko still crying?
calle.itw
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Probably.
calle.itw
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But will all current engine suppliers stay if the regulations change? Ferrari will probably stay, but the other three has voiced their desire for a continued use of the current regulations.
boudy
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Turns out that F1 is a engine based formula. So if you don't get the correct engine than you don't stand a change. Nothing new there; however the factory teams do not want to be upstaged by RedBull and that's why they aren't willing to provide an compatative engine. I would not want to lose RedBull since this would affect numerous jobs etc. Liberty media must should provide a framework for new engines this would benefit independent teams instead of hinder.
ajpennypacker
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I'm more than OK if Red Bull leaves. Maybe Aston Martin can acquire the team and everyone would be the better for it.
calle.itw
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Or Volkswagen? Or Toyota? Any of those three are welcome to join. I doubt AM will enter though, they've already said that the costs doesnt justify it.
boudy
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So you want a even smaller pool of F1 cars? Do you really think that you can just sell an F1 team like RedBull? Or is it just that you don't like RedBul; the team that brought and is still bringing new F1 drivers to F1. Also if you lose RedBull you will lose TR.
The VW linkup to RB has been in the pipeline for some years and Toyota has tried before and failed.
From my viewpoint RB has a point; The issue is that they can't secure a WC winning engine and any other team that isn't a factory will have the same issue. This was the main reason why mcLaren linked up with Honda. Also the struggles that Honda is having and to lesser extend Renault will deter Factories from coming into the sport.