(GMM) F1 team owner Red Bull is hoping to team up with a major car manufacturer.
Although at present heading up two private squads with customer engines, the energy drink's billionaire mogul Dietrich Mateschitz admitted that he would like to join the ranks of the sport's mighty car makers.
''We would be a good partner for a manufacturer,'' the Austrian, who is known to have already spoken with Volkswagen and Audi, told 'Sport Bild'.
''We have some of the best people, like Adrian Newey and Gerhard Berger, we have two teams, and the will to win.''
Red Bull already has an imposing budget, but with a carmaker on board it could begin to woo some of the best pilots.
Mateschitz, 61, confessed that Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher would be ideal.
''Kimi would fit very well with us,'' he said. ''Of course it is pretty unlikely that we will get them. If Michael leaves Ferrari, he will probably retire, and I believe Kimi is going to Ferrari.''
Written: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:59:37
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