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Marko: Manufacturer F1 teams are a cartel

Red Bull official Helmut Marko agrees that the car manufacturers involved in Formula 1 at present are wielding too much political power. Red Bull appears to be siding strongly with Bernie Ecclestone in his push to redistribute the control in formula one by significantly changing the engine rules. The independent energy drink-owned team tried to move away from its underpowered Renault engines for 2016, but Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren-Honda all said no. And Red Bull's power units will not even be called Renault in 2016, as the marketing agreements between the team and the Renault-Nissan alliance all cease. Asked if the car manufacturers effectively conspired against Red Bull, Marko told...
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