Christian Horner blasts “underhand” rivals who complained to sponsors over Red Bull’s cost cap breach

Last season as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was wrapping up his second consecutive championship, Red Bull became embroiled in a scandal over the budget꧟s recently introduced to F1 to prevent costs spiralling.
Red 🅺Bull were found in breach of the 2021 cap - although Horner deliv🌺ered a robust defence in a press conference, criticising the likes of McLaren CEO Zak Brown who had called it “cheating”.
Horner tells : “It tainted us. These things get used by your rivals. We had one of them contacting our sponsors and p෴artners making suggestions that we would be bringing their brands into disrepute. That was just underhand.
“My wife has always said to me a pat on the back is only 🤪six inches from a kick up the arse. This is like the Kardashians on wheels. As long👍 as you are comfortable with the decisions you are taking. That’s how I live my life.”
Despite being a UK-based team,💖 Horner has explained why he believes Red Bull are rarely afford the status of the hero.
“If we had a British driver like a certain team in Brackley,” he said. “We are too easily seen as the ba𒀰d guys.”
Verstappen is already the favourite to tie up a third ꧃F1 title in a row, ahead of next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.
Horner paid tribute: “There isn’t another Max. If you look back at 2021 at the pressure💧 he had at certain points he drove some incredible races.
“In Zandvoort, his home nation had turned it into a flip🧔ping nightclub for the weekend.”

James was a s♒ports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.