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Politics put paid to Red Bull engine deals – Horner

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner has revealed that there was a lot of politics in play while the team were seeking their 2016 engine supply, with deals being apparently reneged on. Horner and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz both thought they had agreed to move to Mercedes-power in 2016 before Toto Wolff decided not to supply engines to the team, while a similar story unfolded with Ferrari. Horner understands the reasons behind Mercedes and Ferrari being reluctant to allow Red Bull to run with their engines, but was disappointed that they would have been happy to allow the company to disappear from F1 had they not been able to secure a Renault power supply for 2016. “I think...
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