Horner criticises move to change the rules for ‘one team’

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Red Bull’s Christian Horner says the FIA should not have intervened due to one team struggling to perform under the new regulations.

Prior to the Canadian Grand Prix, a new technical directive was issued, informing that the FIA would introduce new scrutineering processes to monitor the ride of the 2022 challengers, following an Azerbaijan Grand Prix which caused concern for many drivers due to the severity of the bouncing in the cars.

Red Bull were the most vocal team against FIA intervention, Horner calling the “b*tching” from drivers “part of the game”, so he is disappointed to see that the FIA pressed on and got involved.

Ultimately, he feels this has happened in response to one team, which although he did not name, almost certainly is Mercedes, Red Bull’s 2021 title rival which has fallen away from the leading pace in 2022 with a bouncy W13.

“It seems very unfair at this point of the year when there’s only really one team that’s missed the target,” Horner told Reuters.

“Is it right to change everything for that one team or should the one team change to get itself more in line?

“Personally I would put the emphasis on the team to get itself together.”

Horner was then pressed on the subject again by Sky Sports F1 after FP2 in Montreal, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen having topped both Friday practice sessions.

In Horner’s opinion, the FIA has gone about this situation in the wrong way, while he called it “very dangerous” to be putting the governing body in control of the team’s set-ups.

“I think, look, the FIA you can understand safety being their main concern,