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Horner makes striking statement on flexiwing rules: 'The timing is strange'
With the introduction of new rules around flexible wings at the Spanish Grand Prix, the question arises as to how this will affect the development of Formula 1 cars and the title race. McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner shared their views on the change.
Horner: 'Timing of the change is strange'
Horner finds the rule change particularly striking because of the timing of its introduction: "be interesting the effect that it has. The slight oddball about it is the timing of it. Why race nine? It might've been better to have been addressed during the off-season because you end up doing sort of two specs of wings," he explained.
When asked which teams are most affected by this, Horner cannot give a straightforward answer. "will gain or who will lose from it, I think is, is impossible to predict," the 51-year-old Briton argues.
Brown adamant: 'No major impact on us'
Brown does not expect the new rules to have a major impact on McLaren or the difference between the teams. "I don't think it's a significant change for us. It's too hard to tell who wins or loses over it because I don't think it's going to be a material change for anybody. So, I'm not expecting there to be a winner and loser or some change in the pecking order at that time because of that change," the McLaren CEO said.
This article was written in collaboration with Olly Darcy
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