Dr Helmut Marko has bad news for the FOTA alliance and the next inter-team resource restriction agreement (RRA).<\/p>\n
Red Bull, accused of not sticking to the existing cost-limiting deal, is not signing the new one that is currently on the table.<\/p>\n
“It is totally full of holes.\u00a0 Anyone can simply circumvent the rules.\u00a0 So we are not signing that,” the team’s consultant Marko is quoted by Bild newspaper.<\/p>\n
The paddock pressure on Red Bull is rising, with some rivals complaining loudly that the potential collapse of the FOTA group is a huge risk amid the worsening Eurozone crisis and ahead of the crucial talks over the next Concorde Agreement.<\/p>\n
“It’s the same for every team when they are at the top.\u00a0 But we just have to do what we can to stay there,” insisted Marko.<\/p>\n
For instance, off the track in Abu Dhabi, contrary to Red Bull’s real wishes, the highly controversial blown exhaust rules were further tightened ahead of 2012.<\/p>\n
The trick was pioneered by the team and said to be a great part of Sebastian Vettel’s dominance this year.<\/p>\n
“So, without the exhaust we just have to come up with something new,” said Marko.\u00a0 “And we’ve got Adrian Newey.”<\/p>\n
The Briton is working hard on the dominant RB7’s successor.<\/p>\n
“I expect that it will be ready for the first test in Jerez,” said Vettel, referring to the opening 2012 pre-season event in February.<\/p>\n
“At the moment we are on schedule,” he added.<\/p>\n
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