The Red Bull management team are being put under pressure to sort out the team's engine situation as soon as possible, as the design team back at the caffeinated squad's HQ start to step up work on their 2010 challenger.
The team, which looks set to miss out on the constructors championship this season, despite having their most successful season in their history, have spent the last few weeks considering their options on the engine front.
The Red Bull cars are currently powered by Renault V8 engines, but the team have suffered a number of disappointing failures of their units this season, which have crippled Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber's championship hopes.
The squad have been rumoured to be looking at switching to a supply of Mercedes engines for next season, with the German marque currently accepted as having the best V8 on the grid, after the successes of their three current teams, Brawn GP, McLaren and even Force India this season.
However, their efforts to get a supply from Germany have been hindered by current Mercedes works team McLaren, who are believed to have used their veto powers to delay their technical partners in their efforts to expand their F1 interests to four teams for next year.
As a result, Red Bull's future suppliers remain in doubt, and with Adrian Newey's design team back at the team's Milton Keynes base looking to push on with the design for the 2010 season, they are now trying to force the management team into a decision.
According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport rumour mill, the team is considering whether or not to stay with Renault or possibly switch to the new spec Cosworth until for next season.
Cosworth's spec V8 unit is already set to be used by the four new teams, Lotus, Manor GP, Team USF1 and Campos GP, next year, while Williams are also considering a switch as they attempt to remove themselves from their current contract with Toyota.
Auto Motor und Sport also reported that Cosworth have recently recruited four former Mercedes engineers in an effort to boost the performance of their spec unit, while there are rumours emerging that the company might be angling for an alliance with German company Porsche.
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