Niki Lauda believes that the only engine option left for Red Bull in 2016 is Renault – and that the company's motorsport boss Helmut Marko regrets his public criticism of the French manufacturer. Though Red Bull remains hopeful that it can still get a Honda deal, notwithstanding the veto from Ron Dennis, Lauda doesn't consider this a viable option, while the proposed low-cost standard unit being pushed by the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone will not be available until 2017 at the earliest. “Next year, whatever the FIA does for a future engine, it will not be available,” said the Austrian. “There is no [new] engine next year, the alternative. So what I would do if I'm Red Bull? I tell you....
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