Berger in talks with Briatore
Speculation that Red Bull's 2007 car could be fitted with a Renault engine is gaining momentum.
Auto Motor Und Sport magazine in Germany reports that Toro Rosso co-owner and Red Bull advisor Gerhard Berger has staged talks about the matter with his old Benetton chief Flavio Briatore.

Preceding the story was reigning champion Renault's admission that it would like to sell a customer version of its current 'RS26' V8 power plant next year, with a price tag rumoured to be around $12m.

Berger is presumably getting involved because a change of engine supplier for Red Bull would likely mean that Toro Rosso would inherits the 2007 Ferrari deal.


The loser of the switch, however, would be Cosworth, which had hoped to upgrade its V10 arrangement with STR to the supply of the English company's 2007 V8.

The publication claims that Berger has met with Briatore 'several times', and that Red Bull is keen to make the switch not only because of the cheaper price, but due to concern that its Ferrari engine is 500rpm down on the works team.

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