Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed that his second Red Bull team, Toro Rosso, will race into the 2007 season with V8 power plants.
The part Gerhard Berger-owned squad, based at Faenza in Italy, has used a restricted V10 Cosworth engine in 2006; a controversial policy that also leaves Tonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed a bit down on grunt.
But billionaire team owner Mateschitz insisted to Swiss magazine Motorsport Aktuell that Toro Rosso must have a ‘competitive car with a competitive engine’ next year.
“And that means that there will be no more ten cylinder engine,” the Austrian, 62, clarified.
Mateschitz also made his preference for the identity of Toro Rosso’s future supplier clear, although it remains to be seen whether a certain ‘Italian’ marque agrees to transfer its 2007 contract from Red Bull Racing.
“We have an Italian team,” he said, “and in Tonio Liuzzi an Italian driver. An Italian engine would fit well.”
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