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Wolff: Red Bull 'missing out' with fuel and oil supplier choice

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that rival team Red Bull have made a mistake by opting to go its own way with its selection of fuel and oil supplier. Renault and McLaren both use BP/Castrol, but Red Bull have signed up with ExxonMobil instead. They're the only customer team in 2018 to differ from their engine provider's works team. "Strategically you need to make sure that you are on the same performance levels," he explained. "And therefore have the same fluids as the works team." Mercedes is quite insistent about Williams and Force India also using Petronas in their cars. Similarly, Ferrari stipulates that Haas and Sauber should use Shell. Wolff explained that the...
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