Christian Horner hits back at Mercedes after James Allison “downgrade” remark
Christian Horner hits back at Mercedes and James Allison following the Canadian Gran♊d Pr𓆏ix.
Christian Horner has hit back at Mercedes after F1 technical director James Allison suggested Red Bull’s most recent upg✤rade package was a “downgrade” ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen clinched his third consecutive win at the Circuit Gi𒁃lles Villeneuve in a chaotic wet rac▨e.
The Dutchman didn’t seem to have the fastest car but made fewer mistakes than𒐪 his rivals to take his 60th career F1 win.
It meant that Red Bull once again struggܫled to replicate their dominant form froꦐm earlier in the season.
As a result, Allison suggested that tꦏheir latest developments caus🔜ed Red Bull to slip back in the pecking order.
Allison said in Canada: “It does look as if their upgrade was a downgrade," explained Allison. "So, fiꦑngers crossed that wo𓆉uld really mess them up.
“That makes life hard, because the🅠 moment you stop trusting your tools, you have to backtrack, and you lose loads of time. Time is your biggest friend, losing it is your worst enemy.”
Unsurprisingly, Horner f🧜ired a shot back at Mercedes and Allison.
“Even with our downgrade, we managed to beat🌠 their upgrade,” Horner commented “It was a rewarding race to win.”
Red Bull have still won six of the opening nine races this season - and Vers♑tappen has a commanding lead in the championship.
Horner expects Red Bull’s rivals to continue to r🐎emain a threat 𝓰for the rest of the year.
“The last couple of races h🃏ave been more choppy waters for us, but wܫe have still managed to win two out of the last three races," Horner added.
“We had a pole in Imola, we managed to match the pole time here with a car that both drivers are feeling its deficiencies. So there is a lot of focus on that to see if we can improve that♎.
“We know there are circuits later in the year like Singapore where it [ride issues] could be a factor. Bu🍸t we really expect Ferrari, McLaren - and Mercedes who came into that window this weekend - to be competitive at eveꦦry circuit.
“So I think despite having won six of the nine races - we are going to have to be top of our game to keep eking out a💙 gap.”
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