Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz believes his Formula 1 team might have to wait until mid-year to be competitive enough to win races in 2017. Mercedes has dominated the last three F1 seasons, winning 51 of the 59 races since turbo-hybrid power units were introduced in 2014. Of the other eight races, Red Bull has won six but largely when Mercedes struck trouble, including at Barcelona and Sepang last year, when Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton clashed on the first lap and Hamilton's engine failed respectively. While the heavily-revised technical regulations are considered a chance to change that, Mateschitz feels his squad's form will still be largely dictated by Renault's power-unit...
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