Red Bull will not field a team in the DTM next year following the series' sale by Gerhard Berger.
A decision has been taken at the Red Bull headquarters in Austria to pull the plug on its DTM programme in 2023, ending the energy drink giant’s involvement as a team owner after just two seasons.enter two examples of the new Ferrari 296 GT3 in 2023.
Berger has enjoyed a long relationship with Red Bull spanning several decades and was in fact the first athlete to be sponsored by the brand back in 1989. He was also co-owner of what was then known as Toro Rosso Formula 1 team from 2006-08. The Austrian even hinted in a recent interview that his departure from ownership and management of the DTM could spell the end of Red Bull’s foray in the DTM.
"Red Bull is very much linked to me as a person via the almost forty-year partnership," Berger said."Therefore, that may well be the case. That decision is now up to Red Bull."Red Bull’s exit means AF Corse will also not be continuing in the DTM next year as the project was financed by the energy drinks maker, which also supplied with the drivers.
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