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Red Bull Not Falling for Toto Wolff’s ‘Shortsighted’ F1 Tactic in Title Fight
Red Bull and Mercedes have been arch-rivals for a couple of seasons. The Milton-Keynes dominate from 2010 to 2013. However, Mercedes stole their show and now are seven-time champions. Toto Wolff and his squad are trying to play mind games with the Austrian outfit, but team principal, Christian Horner isn’t falling for it.
The Milton-Keynes squad looked dominating over the opening weekend in Bahrain cutest of Max Verstappen. However, the Brackley-based team stole the win due to an impressive drive by Hamilton.
Imola was the team’s redemption day, and they did exactly that, as Verstappen brought home the first win of the season for himself and his team.
Red Bull boss, Horner, admits Mercedes are just trying to deflect attention from themselves.
Speaking to Motorsport.com, Horner said, “Mercedes has been tagging us as the favourite, and Toto is obviously extremely keen to deflect attention, but it’s somewhat short sighted.”
“Of course, it’s used to try to put expectation and to try to create pressure,”
“Of course, Toto will inevitably try to identify Red Bull as the favourite in order to create a perception of having to chase and catch up.
“When you look, they are seven time reigning world champions, they had one bad test. Their car was every bit quick as ours in the race in in Bahrain, and their tyre degradations looks very good,” Horner concluded.
Team boss, Horner had words of praise for his Dutch driver
Max Verstappen is undoubtedly one of the most talented drivers on the current F1 grid. The team principal, Christian Horner, has stated he is extremely proud of Max for getting the win at Imola.
Speaking after the Emilia GP, Horner said, “Max got a mega start and then braved it out into the first turn, and thereafter controlled the race brilliantly. It’s always tough to lose a race like we did in Bahrain and it’s so marginal [with Mercedes].“
And so to come here and get that victory, there’s only one point between the two drivers, a huge distance in this championship still to run, “he concluded
The Austrian outfit currently sits in second place behind the Silver Arrows. The next round takes us to Portugal, where they will be hoping to get a win or a podium that will help them in the fight for the title.
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