Red Bull with Mercedes engines and Force India with Renault engines in 2011?

Red Bull is reportedly close to an agreement to use Mercedes engines in the 2011 Formula 1 season. German newspaper TZ reports that the supply agreement could lead to Force India and Red Bull exchanging engines with the Indian team then switching to powertrains. Renault.

Red Bull has repeatedly asked Mercedes for the engines and has asked for the green light to match the performance of the Renault unit to that of the other engines under a freeze on unit development but the star manufacturer has so far always opposed it .

Mercedes could terminate the contract with Force India as the Silverstone team would have defaulted on payments. Bernie Ecclestone would be involved in the negotiations as McLaren would still have the right to veto Mercedes' agreements with customer teams.

Mark Webber reiterated yesterday at Spa that the weak point of the Red Bull RB6 is precisely the engine: “We know that on long straights the car is not the fastest, and it has been like this for several years, and we know why. We can still keep up on these tracks, but if we could choose which races to have on the calendar we wouldn't add Spa and Monza" explained Webber.