Red Bull Explain Firings

Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of enrgy drink giant Red Bull, revealed to several Austrian journalists last weekend reasons behind the firing of Purnell and Pitchforth. The main reason appeared to be a heated argument over driver selection. All company were happy to sign Coulthard in early December, however an agreement could not be made as to the second race seat. Purnell and Pitchforth were said to favor either B.A.R. test driver Anthony Davidson, or McLaren test driver Alex Wurz, whom they had tried to hire on one other occasion. Mateschitz and his assistant Helmut Marko wanted to hire a Red Bull backed driver, such as Christian Klien or Vitantonio Luizzi.