Brown wants Red Bull staff to sign statement under oath
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Zak Brown wants key staff at Red Bull Racing to sign a statement under oath to rule out the possibility that the system to adjust the infamous bib has been used in the past. According to Brown, the consequences should be dire for Red Bull if it did.
The FIA has closed its investigation into Red Bull Racing. According to the FIA, there is no way of saying whether the system was used in the past between qualifying and the race, so no penalty will follow for Red Bull Racing. For Brown, and possibly other Red Bull Racing rivals, this is not enough.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Brown is clear about a solution: "I'd like to see the senior leadership, the former chief mechanics and the current mechanics sign an affidavit stating that they have never used or have no knowledge of it being used."
"'The suggestion in the pit lane from a handful of people is that it has been used in that manner, so the only way to bottom it out is the old-fashioned "sign here", stating what has gone on. I know if I was presented with an affidavit and the consequences of not telling the truth were severe, I'd tell the truth," continued the McLaren team boss
The battle between Red Bull and McLaren
Should Red Bull Racing still be found guilty in this way, the McLaren CEO says Red Bull should also be punished harshly. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez would remain unaffected, but Brown does argue that Red Bull Racing could be excluded as has happened to teams in Formula 1 in the past. The latest example was McLaren, of all places, in 2007.
Christian Horner dismissed it as a distraction by Brown. According to Horner, McLaren itself had something to hide, as the team had been summoned by the FIA to modify its rear wing for this weekend.
This article was written in collaboration with Olly Darcy