‘It’s flattering’ - Christian Horner unsurprised by McLaren’s choice to copy Red Bull’s concept

Christian Horner has admitted that it’s “flattering” to see McLaren follow Red Bull’s F1 design direction with their recent upgrades.
Top three cars in qualifying parc ferme: Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19; Oscar
Top three cars in qualifying parc ferme: Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60; Max Verstappen (NLD…

McLaren’s surge in performance was a major talking point at the British Grand Prix after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri qualified in the top three.

Norris then took the lead on Lap 1 before settling in behind eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

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Piastri would have made it a double-podium for McLaren at Silverstone had it not been for an untimely 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car.

Talking about McLaren’s recent upgrades, Hor﷽ner described it as a “very similar concept”

“It’s a very similar concept,” Horner said as quoted by Speedcafe.

“I was looking at the car on the grid [at Silverstone], and it’s the first time I’ve really seen it this year. You can see the philosophy they’ve borrowed is very similar, t༒hat they’ve chosen a similar path.”

Given Red Bull’s dominance in F1 2023, Horne✅r conceded that it’s “inevitable” that other teams would folꦬlow suit.

“Yeah, a🦹lways. It’s flattering, isn’t it,” 🦹he added.

“🍸It’s inevitable that will happen, and why wouldn’t you when you’ve got a car that’s performing like ours?

“It’s fairly logical that you would look to emulate it. Which some teams havꦛe chosen t൲o do.”

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60 at
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL60 leads Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 and Oscar…

Even though Red Bull have been unchallenged so far, Horner🦄 is prepared for things to converge at the front as the season goes on.

“My job is to win, and the one thing we know from this sport is that things will converge,” he ꦐadded.

“You can already see it starting to happen, and the most important thing to have convergence is stability, and stability of regulations will bring all of the t♚eams much, much closer together.

“You can see it’s already starting to happen. It’s not going to be another seven years꧂ of domination.

“The power un🐻its are all pretty similar now, and the chassis evolves much, much quicker than the engines do.

“We can already see from the staꦬrt of the season to now that things are already converging.”

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