Coulthard may get axe

UPDATE The Red Bull Formula One team have reassured Briton David Coulthard that he can still hope to race for them next season. Team boss Christian Horner dismissed as 'totally inaccurate' media reports suggesting that owner Dietrich Mateschitz had decided already on Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi and Austrian Christian Klien for 2006. "David's doing a great job for the team, it's far too early to even contemplate next year and we won't until the latter part of the summer but the team's very happy with David," he told Reuters at the San Marino Grand Prix. "He's an integral part of the team…and he's part of the success that we've had so far." Reuters 04/07/05 Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz may have only been trying to please the media on Vitantonio Liuzzi’s home country, but the Austrian mogul’s declaration to Milan newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, claiming that Tonio and Christian Klien will be RBR’s 2006 racers, has left at least one person puzzled: David Coulthard. Previously defined by sporting director Christian Horner as “Red Bull’s biggest asset," DC sits a strong fourth in the 2005 driver’s point standings, after being the only driver besides Fernando Alonso to score in every race so far this year. The veteran Scot stopped short from firing back at his boss, but told Autosport-Atlas that he would like to have a chat with Mateschitz. "I haven't decided anything about my future," DC said during a break at this week’s Barcelona F1 testing sessions. "If he [Mateschitz] said it, then I want to clarify my situation." SPEEDTV