Dr Helmut Marko is continuing to pile pressure on Red Bull’s engine supplier Renault.<\/p>\n
Although the total calamity of the winter season was overcome, the always-outspoken team director Marko insists Renault cannot even take the credit for that.<\/p>\n
He told F1’s official website that when the seriousness of the winter problems became clear, Red Bull “intervened”.<\/p>\n
“Together with Toro Rosso and Renault (we) started a collaboration to move forward,” said Marko.<\/p>\n
However, he still claims the only “sick” part of the RB10 package is the engine, insisting designer Adrian Newey’s 2014 car is better than the dominant Mercedes.<\/p>\n
“Yes, (with a better engine) we would be at the top again,” said the blunt Austrian.<\/p>\n
“But right now with a deficit of around 80 horse power that’s simply not possible.”<\/p>\n
Marko hinted that if it was technically possibly to simply dump Renault and switch to a better engine, Red Bull would do it.<\/p>\n
“You are bound to what you have,” he said, “as there is no way of saying ‘hey, from tomorrow we will use a Mercedes engine’ – if they would give it to us – because this car is built around the Renault powertrain,” he said.<\/p>\n
Marko claimed that Red Bull had to use Renault’s Melbourne-spec software in Malaysia because the Sepang version was “not working”.<\/p>\n
But Renault insists it is now ready to take the next development step for Bahrain.<\/p>\n
“The positive is that, unlike Melbourne we don’t go to the next race with a substantial job list of rectifications, rather items that will deliver more power and performance in Bahrain,” said Remi Taffin.<\/p>\n
Marko, however, suggested Red Bull is taking the problem of its straight-line speed deficit into its own hands.<\/p>\n
“We are trying everything possible to find more speed on the straights without affecting the corners,” he is quoted by German television Sky, “and I have to say that from this point of view we are progressing.”<\/p>\n
Marko told Bild newspaper: “We are bringing a few new parts from our factory to Bahrain, and also Renault has yet another update for the engine software.”<\/p>\n
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