"The faster one will survive..."Christian Klien has a mountain to climb if he wants to keep his seat at Red Bull.
The young Austrian, although having fended off recent speculation that his future on the grid was in immediate danger, is not likely to be retained by the
energy drink-owned team in 2007.
Current teammate David Coulthard looks good to keep the primary seat, with McLaren defector
Juan Pablo Montoya now linked strongly with 23-year-old Klien's ride.
Red Bull magnate Dietrich Mateschitz has now delivered a blow to his countryman's hopes by hinting that only Coulthard can expect to survive the winter season.
"The faster one will survive," the billionaire, who earlier revealed that either Klien or DC will get the chop, told Kronen Zeitung' newspaper.
Team chiefs were reportedly unhappy with Klien's inability to beat even junior team 'Toro Rosso' driver Tonio Liuzzi at Silverstone, and Mateschitz added: "Whoever has the most points (at the end of the season), stays."
With his recent Monte Carlo podium, 35-year-old Coulthard has 7 points so far in 2006 in contrast to Klien's 1.
Red Bull will this week test at Monza, but Klien is not expecting his 'RB2' to perform well at the upcoming North American double header.
He said: "They are both fast tracks, but we have not been good at circuits like that so far."
Source GMM CAPSIS International
