Bright tones, piqued looks, low blows. A challenge that goes beyond the track and takes place in every possible context, the one between Mercedes And Red Bull. In Brazil it has reached its peak, but already on Friday in Losail we are taught that we can still go further. The Federation obviously makes its own, with questionable choices (but still very difficult to make, considering the extreme duel between the parties) and convening together Toto Wolff and Christian Horner in the press conference of the Qatar Grand Prix.
“This championship started as an Olympic boxing match, then it became a matter of professionals – the words of the Mercedes number one – We have now moved directly to mixed martial arts (MMA, ed): we took off our gloves and we fight with our bare hands. Everything is valid, even the elbows“.
It is a war that Horner has no intention of escaping: “There is no relationship between me and Toto, there is only competition. We have completely different characters and ways of operating. You don’t need to lick his ass or go to dinner with him. I would certainly never spend Christmas there. It is the most intense sporting and political battle since Red Bull arrived in Formula 1, not a small theater “.
Just as the two were confronted in front of journalists, the official rejection of the Mercedes appeal on the Verstappen maneuver in Brazil arrived, when he accompanied Hamilton off the track to the Descida do Lago to defend (albeit temporarily) the leadership of the race.
“Well, now we know how to move for the next races, since the regulation allows it” Wolff’s hot comment, before Horner raised the tone further by pointing straight to the alleged irregularity (at least for Red Bull) of the rear wing of the W12: “Mercedes in Brazil was 27 km / h faster than us on the straight, there is something strange. That wing moves too much “. Dry Toto’s reply: “It has been checked 14 times this year, the FIA has all the drawings in hand, if you want we can send you one to Milton Keynes“. The challenge continues, let’s expect a glowing ending in the Middle East spotlight.
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