Red Bull Racing motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says that the caffeinated team has chosen to leave the Formula One Teams' Association as the alliance had now served its purpose during a "crisis period" in the sport.
Red Bull were one of two teams to announce their departure from FOTA last week, along with the Ferrari squad.
The association was established back in 2008, but the remaining nine members are now meeting on Tuesday for talks about the future of the organisation.
FOTA's original purpose was to give teams a united front in debates over the future of the sport with the FIA.
But Marko has said that he now feels that the alliance had served its purpose, and was now unnecessary, hence why his team withdrew.
"FOTA fulfilled its purpose in the crisis period," the often-controversial Marko chortled to Austrian television this week.
"So there was a reduction in costs, but as far as [FOTA] achievements there was nothing else."
He added: "If at the meetings we cannot agree even to the lowest common denominator, one wonders what is the point of all the effort."
The FOTA alliance has been under pressure recently after teams failed to come to an agreement over the future of the Resource Restriction Agreement.
The RRA, designed to cut costs in the sport as an alternative to Max Mosley's contentious budget cap proposal, has been in place since 2010.
But Red Bull boss Christian Horner echoed Marko's comments, saying that he was struggling to see the purpose of FOTA at this present time.
"In the last twelve months it hasn't quite been clear what was the purpose of FOTA," he was quoted as saying.
He added: "We have decided at this time to withdraw and now we will see how it develops."
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