Christian Horner used a Mercedes reference in his response to George Russell's claim that Red Bull are sandbagging to hide pace. F1 redbullracing
Mercedes’ George Russell has suggested that Red Bull are slowing themselves down to stop the FIA doing it, which led to a tongue-in-cheek response from Red Bull principal Christian Horner.
The latest of those wins was the Australian Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen picked up his second win of the campaign at the end of a very eventful race at Albert Park. Verstappen later breezed past Hamilton and took victory in a race that ended behind the Safety Car after multiple red flag periods, Verstappen’s biggest margin out front at any stage being in the region of nine seconds.
Russell suggested Red Bull were doing this “because the faster they seem, the more that the sport is going to try and hold them back somehow”, that a reference to how in the past rule changes or Technical Directives have often come to be when a certain team or driver is largely dominating.
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