Super Aguri F1 team waiting for green light
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-16 09:01

That will be a tough task if they are to be ready for the first race of the season in Bahrain on March 12 and many Formula One insiders expect them to seek permission to use a car designed by someone else -- such as a modified BAR.

Red Bull to wait until March for launch of 2006 car

Moto GP World Champion Valentino Rossi drives a 2005 model Ferrari Formula One car on Mugello racetrack November 10, 2005. Rossi has tested twice before for Ferrari, in April 2004 and more seriously in August this year, and the former champions have expressed an interest in luring him to Formula One when he tires of MotoGP.[Reuters]

LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Red Bull will wait until the first race of the Formula One season in Bahrain in March before unveiling their 2006 Ferrari-powered car, the team said on Tuesday.

Team boss Christian Horner said last week that the V8 engined car would make its track debut in late December, just before Christmas.

"The 2006 car is progressing well and I'm sure will be step forward for us," he said.

A Red Bull spokeswoman said, however, that the formal launch to present the car would be only on the Thursday before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on March 12.

Most other teams are planning to launch their new cars in January.

Red Bull, who have also bought struggling Minardi, have yet to confirm who will partner Briton David Coulthard at their main team.

Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi and Austrian Christian Klien are battling for the seat after sharing it last season. "It (an announcement) will probably be towards the end of the month, beginning of next month," Horner said.