“So I’m not quite sure what he’s referencing there”– Christian Horner in another war of words with Toto Wolff

“So I’m not quite sure what he’s referencing there”– Christian Horner again targets Toto Wolff for the comments on Red Bull.

Red Bull defeated Mercedes with a sublime strategy in France, and extending their lead in the championship by another fold. Toto Wolff after the race made a comment on Red Bull’s engine, which has reportedly fumed Christian Horner.

“They have made a huge step forward with their power unit, the introduction of the second power unit,” said Wolff. To this, Horner made a commanding statement.

“We’re not allowed to make improvements. So I’m not quite sure what he’s referencing there,” Horner told RacingNews365. “I think that it’s the same specifications as the first unit, we’ve run a much smaller rear wing here.”

“So that’s why the straight line performance was strong, but I mean Honda are doing a great job but we don’t see a sudden increase in power.”

France: From most boring to fantastic

The battle between Mercedes and Red Bull certainly made it an exciting race, which initially nobody expected simply because of the reputation Paul Ricard circuit holds.

“When you consider, it was arguably the most boring race of the last five years, two years ago here,” Horner said. “That was probably one of the most exciting races we’ve had in the last five years!”

“So I think it’s just testament to how hard the teams worked over the last 12 months and particularly through the pandemic, because when you look at the dominance of that car [Mercedes] had last year, and let’s not forget, 60% of the car is carried over.”

“It’s the same chassis that they were winning all those races last year. So I think that the team has just done a phenomenal job and we’ve just got to keep that momentum going”

“Because Mercedes are such a strong team, it’s only a matter of time before they bounce back. But we’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing.”

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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