The suspension on Mercedes’ 2021 cars has caused intrig🍷ue in the F1 paddock after footage showing the rear-end of the W12 dropping down at high speed on the straights emerged following the Turkishꩲ Grand Prix. 

Mercedes appears to have found a way of stalling its diffuser by lowering the back end of ♏its car to boost tꦚop speed when needed, something Red Bull feels explained its performance advantage at Istanbul. 

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the system is more effective at certain types of💃 venues like Turkey.

“We don’t feel that it is illegal, no,” said Horner. “It's✨ something that has been used historically. We've seen it used by them in🗹 the past.

“But obviously, what we saw in Tu🐈rkey was quite an extreme version of it, w🏅hich that circuit seemed to allow.”

Asked about the possibility of a protest, Horner replied: “We’ve never said we don’t think it’s legal, so 🥀therefor൩e there will be no reason to protest.”

The system seemed to have less of an impact at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix as Max Verstappen fended off title rival Lewis Hamilton to ta🗹ke victꦐory. 

But Horner thinks Mercedes could enjoy a “quite powerful” benefit at upcoming races, particularly at the Saudi A𝓰rabian Grand Prix in December. 

“It will have a ꦐgreater influence at some tracks than others,” he added. “It was a reduced effect here [in the United States] but somewhere like Jeddah for example, it could be quite powerful.”

Ferrari team prin💖cipal Mattia Binotto also downplayed any concerns about the legality of Mercedes’ suspension. 

“Honestly, I’m not too intereꦦsted in those discussions,” Binotto said. “We are not real✤ly following them.

“I heard about it,෴ I do not see anything wrong or illegal in that and I think even not surprising the way it’s behaving.”