Red Bull big boss may be planning F1 takeover

There is plenty speculation swirling around Red Bull at present, including the likely divorce with Renault, talks with Audi, plans to make a bespoke engine and even a complete withdrawal from the sport.

Also grabbing headlines in public Auto Motor und Sport, Blick and Osterreich are reports that billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz is looking to sell Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso and “take over from CVC as the main shareholder of Formula 1”.

And that all the posturing and negative sound bites by the energy drinks camp are merely a ploy to devalue Formula 1 before they pounce.

Meanwhile, Jacques Villeneuve told Globo that it is possible Red Bull will actually quit, “Of course it’s possible. Will they be missed? Not really.”

Villeneuve said Red Bull’s argument that the rules are killing F1 because of Mercedes’ dominance is not fair, “There has always been dominance in Formula 1. Last year Mercedes dominated and it was a great championship.

“Before them it was Red Bull, before that Ferrari, Williams, McLaren. Dominance is not a bad thing.”