“We have realistic expectations that of course progressed each year. Last year we wanted to finish among the top three teams, which we achieved,” said Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz, according to Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten.
“This year we have to fight for the championship because we belong to the three fastest teams. The rest is not dependent on us but on FIA decisions, driver errors, reliability, safety car periods and so on,” added the Milton Keynes based team owner.
Like last year, his team will make use of Renault powerplants for their brand new RB6. The reason we're mentioning this is the fact that Mateschitz publicly slammed the French manufacturer for the poor reliability of their units, which forced Vettel to tackle the last couple of rounds of the 2010 season with already-used engines (with his engine allocations having expired).
Even so, Mateschitz believes Vettel gave a title-winning effort last year, considering the immense gap in performance between the Red Bull cars and the Brawn GP ones in the first part of the season. In the end, the German lost the chance to become world title by only 11 points.
“Now we have to continue where we finished last year. There is no guarantee for the championship, but it is a target,” said Mateschitz, reminding everyone that Red Bull won the last 3 grands prix in Formula One last season, in Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
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