Red Bull Racing has come out in defence of their team principal, denying Christian Horner ever made comments about the legality of the alternate Mercedes W13.
Horner is alleged to have called Lewis Hamilton’s new Mercedes challenger unlawful. The comments first appearing in the normally creditable Auto Motor und Sport magazine.
“The new Mercedes violates the spirit of the regulations,” Horner was reported to have said.
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“For us, there are some parts that are not legal.”
Red Bull has since issued a short statement denying the comments were made.
“Please note, Christian has not spoken with any media or made any comments about the Mercedes car,” it read.
On the opening day of official F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain, the Silver Arrows unveiled a new-look W13, highlighting one major difference in the bodywork since the Barcelona shakedown: no sidepods.
In what could be a revolutionary idea, where the sidepods usually bulge out on an F1 car, the W13’s completely collapse to aid aerodynamics.
Red Bull and McLaren and rumoured to showcase their upgrades over the coming day.
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