Christian Horner has private talks with FIA president amid Mercedes ‘illegal’ car row | F1 | Sport

Teams have been forced to change their cars under new regulations for 2022, which has led to some interesting results in pre-season.

Ferrari and McLaren posted superb times in Barcelona testing, whilst Mercedes initially failed to keep up with the newfound pacesetters in their bid to claim a first Constructors’ Championship since 2008 and 1998 respectively.

With Red Bull’s Sergio Perez encountering problems in Barcelona, Horner has had a lot to mull over in his spell at the Austrian-based outfit.

After Mercedes’ second outing in testing proved to be a lot smoother, he called their new car ‘illegal’.