Red Bull boss Christian Horner reacts to Mercedes F1 upgrades: ‘Spent a significant part of their budget’
Mercedes have introduced&☂nbsp;long-awaited updates to th🦩eir W14 in Monaco this weekend as they seek to turnaround their fortunes and cut their performance deficit to pace-setters Red Bull.
The major design development features new sidepods, front suspension and floor, with Mercedes finally abandoning their controversial ‘🧔zeropod’ concept.
Asked what he made of Mercedes’ shift towards a more conventional sidepod concept, Horner replied: “Well, to be honest, I haven’t had an in depth look at the upgrad🔥es.&nbs🍷p;
“Obviously, visually, they look a bit different.
“But sometimes the visual things actually have the least performance impact💞. It’s what’s usually underneath the skin or the finer detail that has the biggest impact.”
Horner, whose Red Bull team last year were found guilty of breaching the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap regulations during168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s maiden title-winning campaign in 2021, suggested Mercedes would have committed a large p💫ortion of th⛦eir budget to the upgrades.
“So obviously they’ve bought a significant amount of p♕arts,” Horner noted.
“So they’ve obviously committed a significant part of their budget cap to this upgrade, and it’s up to a team how an🃏d when it applies it.”
After being cut down to $140m for 2022, the F1 cost cap has been reduced further to $135m fꦬor 2023 thro𒉰ugh 2025.
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