Posted on September 18th, 2007 at 12:16 pm by Editor
Sun Media has been told that Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has been in discussions to switch manufacturers from Toyota next year. Those in the know say that Mateschitz has been deeply disappointed about the results of both the No. 83 and No. 84 Red Bull Toyotas in the team’s inaugural Cup season. And he is not pointing the finger at either A.J. Allmendinger or Brian Vickers. The general feeling among team members is that Toyota has not stepped up with the kind of technological and engineering support that the team expected when it signed on with the Japanese auto giant.
What’s even more interesting is that there were reports earlier this year that said Toyota was going to drop Red Bull Racing to make room for Joe Gibbs Racing. Maybe Mateschitz thought that would Gibbs coming into the Toyota stable that would reduce the support he got from Toyota. so he decided to make a preemptive more for his teams.
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