F1 | Red Bull, Horner: “Renault engines? We pay them a lot, but they don't make money"

New race, new problems. Bad luck continues to faithfully accompany the season of Red Bull: also to Spa-FrancorchampsIn fact, the Austrian team had to raise the white flag due to a technical failure on the car Max Verstappen. Chris horner, Red Bull team manager, blatantly blamed the engines Renault, big flaw of the RB13: “Renault is absolutely aware that their reliability and their product are not where they should be. We are a paying customer and this service is currently below average. We pay a lot of money for the engine. This situation is bad both for them and for us, at these levels you can't afford all this".

In addition to Red Bull, Renault engine problems also gripped the team over the weekend Toro Rosso and the French team of the same name: “The lack of reliability was quite evident across all three teams. It is certainly not the level that an engine supplier wanting to be competitive in Formula 1 should have. However, at Renault they are working hard and we hope not to have any more problems like this in the future.".

Horner also focused on the state of mind of Verstappen, heartbroken over yet another seasonal withdrawal: “He's incredibly frustrated. Once again he was in an excellent position and due to other reasons he had to withdraw. Our technical partners obviously apologized, even Alain Prost himself personally apologized to Max. He is a talent and I'm sure he will come out stronger from these episodes. Despite the penalty we will pay for the engine change, in Monza he will be determined to give his best again.".

Federico Martino