The director of Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner suspects that his rival for the Drivers ‘and Constructors’ World Championship, Mercedes, is using a device to increase speed on the straights by supposedly lowering the rear of the cars.
“I think Mercedes is obviously optimizing a straight line device that they can employ on that type of circuit“Horner told Sky, according to the motorsport website, during the first free session of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix that takes place at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin (Texas).
The Finn’s Mercedes Valtteri Bottas outscored Max Verstappen’s Red Bull by almost a second in that practice and it was not achievable for the Dutchman in the previous World Cup event, in Turkey.
“If you look at the back of his car, you can see how it goes down. I think (in Turkey) he took advantage of his strengthsHorner said.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff called Red Bull’s comments “noise.”
“I think we absolutely recognize that this is a sport where competitors will always try to find out if there is some kind of silver bullet.. My experience is that there is no such thing. It’s all the small gains, the marginal gains that have been added, that bring returns, “he said.
For Wolff, the key is that they have found the balance between “between drag and downforce“on the straights.
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