Horner senses 'paranoia' from McLaren: 'They had to adjust their rear wing'
Christian Horner has hit back at McLaren. The Red Bull Racing team boss argues that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the RB20 and that McLaren is just hoping to divert attention from its own problems.
The battle for the world title is exciting on track, but there is also drama off-track. In recent months, tension has increased between Red Bull and McLaren. It is showing no signs of slowing down. This time, the system to adjust ride height was under a magnifying glass, but according to Horner, there is nothing wrong.
"Every car has a tool that they can adjust the front of the bib. Ours is located at the front, in front of the footwell. It's been there for I think over three years. You've got to have the pedals out, other panels and pipe work out in order to be able to get to it. So it's like any other adjustment on the car it would be easier to adjust the rear roll bar than it would be to get to that component," Horner said on Sky Sports.
Horner hits back at McLaren
So why did the FIA still think action needed to be taken? "Because I think there's been a bit of moaning from one of our rivals. It's the FIA's job to look into these things. It's on a list of the open source components so it's been publicly available for the last three years. The FIA are happy with it. I think it's just to satisfy perhaps some paranoia elsewhere in the paddock," Horner replied.
Horner feels McLaren are searching for stories. "I feel that it's sometimes to distract from perhaps what's going on in your own house, then sometimes you try and light a fire somewhere else," he added before being asked if he thinks McLaren had a role to play in this. "There was an awful lot of noise about rear wings. McLaren had to change their rear wing yesterday."
McLaren itself claims this is not the case, but Horner cynically responds: "Oh really? It's part of Formula 1 and I'm sure there'll be other stuff that comes up between now and Abu Dhabi."
This article has been created in collaboration with Matt Gretton
I would like to see an article about the new aerodynamics engine cover of the RB20. They used it now in Hungary, Singapore and here in COTA. It changes the air to the rear of the car completely compared to the shoulder engine cover but it seems to work alot better. Ever since Hungary where I had the impression it was working quite well I wondered why they weren't using it more.
It deepends on track and think its to cool enging down like in hungry it was very hot singerpore hot and cota hot i maybe wrong on it but good logic
But it seems to help the balance of the car compared to the shoulder engine cover. In Hungary and Singapore Max seemed quite happy. But there must be someone on gpblog that can do tech analysis about it.
It dose seem to make car more blalenced and see if rbr use it in nex few races,i hope gpblog dose bring this up be intresting read
Brown is the only one I've heard barking. I've asked several times if someone has heard another team speak out... Crickets.. You may maybe solve the mystery.
Well zak loves .barking and he made him self look silly with it why come out about it in last race .when rbr had it at the front for 3 years .but wait all teams have bib hight adjuster mcl are out side the car.now if i wear the fia id go through mcl car with fine toothbrush and find faults in his car wings as one ???
At least Brown is smart enough to understand that the story is over. Which can't be said about Cristi Tab and F1nut.
Zak be try hard next to try find somthing with rbr want to see what zak hasto say later about it.and see his vain in headpop??
I am sorry to say. But the RBR dislikers are on another level of dislike. RBR cheats, liars. FIA covering RBR. Ted Kravits dont know anything. Lewis did not really say what he said. Zak knows best. In other words... the whole world is missing the fact that RBR is cheating liars. Me on the couch knows way more than FIA, Ted, Lewis and the rest of the F1 Circus. My life is completely consumed by RBR cheating liars. All of this I got from just reading through the last 24 hours of comments in the articles. It is clear as daylight that the word dislike is not the word to be used, but the term hate sums it up. It is disgusting.
He's such a liar. Haha. And a triggered one at that, with him sniping back at Zak. :) The FIA are happy? Yeah maybe now they are. Now that they've had to put their seal on your car. And having those FIA guys around it? This is what happens when you're the least trusted team in the paddock.
"I feel that it's sometimes to distract from perhaps what's going on in your own house..." Would not be the first time I let you find something on me car to distract you from what I am really doing.
Interesting.. 3 years.. Why is it getting so silent in the woods? Why is only Brown going crazy? Is Brown now several teams? The silence outside of Brown moaning is concerning.
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