Briatore calls on Mercedes to supply Red Bull

Flavio Briatore has urged Mercedes to supply engines to Red Bull as the F1 world waits for Renault to decide its next steps, under performing Red Bull is reportedly pushing to break its 2016 contract and team up with Mercedes.

The arch rival Silver Arrows outfit is contemplating whether supplying the field-leading 'power unit' to former quadruple world champions Red Bull is a wise move.

Briatore, the former Renault team boss speaking to La Repubblica, thinks so, "Why would they (Mercedes) do it? For the competition. If I was Mercedes I would give the engines to Red Bull."

To win, you have to have someone to race against. And a race is what is lacking now in F1. The first goal of a team like Mercedes is to have a race. The second is to win it," Briatore argued.