‘It’s flattering’ - Christian Horner unsurprised by McLaren’s choice to copy Red Bull’s concept

Christian Horner has admitted that it’s “flattering” to see McLaren follow Red Bull’s F1 design direction with their recent upgrades.
Top three cars in qualifying parc ferme: Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19; Oscar
Top three cars in qualifying parc ferme: Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60; Max Verstappen (NLD…

McLaren’s surge in performance was a major talking point at the British Grand Prix after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri qualified in the top three.

Norris then took the lead on Lap 1 before settling in behind eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

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Piastri would have made it a double-podium for McLaren at Silverstone had it not been for an untimely 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car.

Talking about McLaren’s r๊ecent upgrades, Horner described it as a “very similar concept”

“It’s a very similar concept,” Horner said as quoted by Speedcafe.

“I was looking at the car on the grid [at Silverstone], and it’s 🌼the first time I’ve really seen it this year. You can see the philosophy they’ve borro෴wed is very similar, that they’ve chosen a similar path.”

Given Red Bull’s dominance in F1 2023, Horner conceded that it’s “ine🃏vitable” that other teams would follow suit.

“Yeah, always. It’s flatter🐟ing, isn’t it,” he added.

“It’s inevitable that will happen, and why wouldn’t you whe🙈n you’ve got a car that’s performing like ♏ours?

“It’s fairly logical that you would look to emulate it. Which some teams hav🔯e chosen to do.”

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60 at
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar…

Even though Red Bull have been unchallenged so far, Horner is p🌠repared for things to converge at the front as the 💛season goes on.

“My job is to win, and the one thing we know from this🅘 sport is that things wil🎶l converge,” he added.

“You can already see it starting to happen, and the most important thing to have convergence is sta♑bility, and stability of regulations will bring all of the t🐎eams much, much closer together.

“You can see it’s already starting to happen. It’s not going to be another seven years o🌼f domination.

“The power units are all pretty s🥂imilar now, and the chassis evolves much, much quicker than the engines do.

“We can already see from the start of the season t𒊎o now that things are already converging.”

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