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Red Bull get out of Ferrari deal?

Jean Todt has hinted that the Red Bull engine deal may be terminated a year early. Red bull have signed a deal with Renault for engine supply next year, but it was looking like the new Adrian Newey designed RB03 was going to have to use the Ferrari sourced engine, with Toro Rosso getting the Renault supply.

Things now have changed, and it looks like Cosworth may have benefited from it, as the Toro Rosso team would require an engine. If Ferrari let the Red Bull team off their supply early, it would benefit them, as they would probably struggle to supply three teams next season (Spiker have signed a one year deal).

The other possibility is that the Toro Rosso team will take up the Ferrari supply for the last year of the deal. However Red Bull could conceivably buy the ailing Cosworth Race Engine company and use them instead.

Whichever way it turns out it looks like the new RB03 Adrian Newey car will be powered by one of the most reliable and best race engines in F1 today, the Renault.