Red Bull: Ecclestone Is The Only Man Who Can Solve Crisis

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner insisted that only Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone would now be able to save the current political crisis inside the Great Circle. Horner insisted that the FOTA have done all the right steps in order to come to an agreement with the FIA, but put the blame on the short time frame for the failure of the talks.

According to Horner, Ecclestone has all the right tools to make use of in order to bring some light into the whole matter.

“Bernie is in a situation where his key assets are saying they can't enter. If anybody can deliver a solution to all this, I think he's about the only man who can. But it isn't forthcoming at the moment,” said Horner in an interview with the BBC.

He continued by making it very clear that the teams did everything to prevent this from happening. Either way, he insisted that the contracts that are currently binding the Milton Keynes and Faenza based outfits to the FIA and the FOM are no longer valid, so they would not be subject to any legal actions from the FOM.

“It's really now in the hands of the FIA,” continued the Horner. “There have been efforts to try and find a solution, but unfortunately that hasn't been achieved in the timeframe. The positions have hardened on both sides. The teams feel they have gone as far as they can, and the FIA feel they have gone as as as they can, and we've ended up in a situation where a solution hasn't been found.”

“Agreements are private and confidential between the parties, but we do have an agreement similar to Ferrari. That also relies on rules being introduced in a certain way which hasn't been the case.”

“The bottom line is Red Bull want to race against the best teams and best competitors in the world, and the thought of not being in a championship where Ferrari, McLaren, Renault and others, the big major teams, is unattractive to us with all due respect to teams we have never heard of before,” concluded Horner.