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Horner: Red Bull a victim of its own success

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes would have been 'happy to see Red Bull go to the wall' as they were 'spooked' by some of their performances in 2015. For several months it appeared that Red Bull could be forced to pull out of the sport at the end of the year with founder and owner Dietrich Mateschitz saying he had come increasingly disillusioned with Formula 1. At the heart of the matter was Red Bull's engine woes as Renault had been unable to provide them with a fast and reliable power unit the past two seasons. The Milton Keynes-based team then turned to Mercedes, but the German manufacturer said no while Ferrari also turned them down, and...
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