Red Bull boss Christian Horner reacts to Mercedes F1 upgrades: ‘Spent a significant part of their budget’
Mercedes have introduced long-aw🏅aited upd♋ates to their W14 in Monaco this weekend as they seek to turnaround their fortunes and cut their performance deficit to pace-setters Red Bull.
The major design development features new sidepods, front suspension and floor, witꦚh Mercedes finally abandoning their controversial ‘zeropod’ con🤡cept.
Asked what he made of Mercedes’ shift towards a more conventional sidepod concept, Horner replied: “Well, to be honest, I haven’t had an in depth look at the ♐upgrades.
“Obviously, visually, they look a bit different.
“But sometimes the visual things actually have the least perfo▨rmance impact. It’s what’s usually underneath the skin or the finer de🅰tail that has the biggest impact.”
Horner, whose Red Bull team last year were found guilty of breaching the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 cost cap regulations during168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s maiden title-winning campaig🌜n in 2021, suggested Mercedes wouldℱ have committed a large portion of their budget to the upgrades.
“So obviously they’ve bou💫ght a significant amount of parts,” Horner noted.𒁃
“So t🅷hey’ve obviously committed a signif✱icant part of their budget cap to this upgrade, and it’s up to a team how and when it applies it.”
After being cut down to $140m for 2022, the F1 cost cap has bꦇeen reduced furt💎her to $135m for 2023 through 2025.
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