Liuzzi, Speed, for ’06 seats

Red Bull will not fund a 'Friday' driver for its newly acquired Minardi team in 2006, owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed.

But he told Italian magazine Autosprint that Swiss youngster Neel Jani is first in line for the equivalent role at senior team Red Bull Racing.

Also in the interview, the Austrian billionaire dropped the biggest hint yet that Vitantonio Liuzzi and American Scott Speed will line up for the 'Red Bull Rookie' (Minardi) camp next year.

Asked what the definitive lineup would look like, Mateschitz answered: ''Vito Liuzzi and probably Scott Speed — even though there are many requests for the second car.''

Among those who may have knocked on the Faenza factory door are Robert Doornbos, Franck Montagny, Heikki Kovalainen, Narain Karthikeyan, Tiago Monteiro and Takuma Sato.