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Christian Horner says “it shows a total lack of understanding of how a race car and team develop, if Toto thinks that we’re developing a car around a single driver”.
After the Dutch Grand Prix, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said he finds it kind of “odd” that Sergio Perez is so much slower than Max Verstappen in the same car.
Max interpreted this as Wolff implying that Red Bull designs cars specifically for him, making it hard for other drivers to adapt, so he called Wolff’s comments “bulls***”.
When asked about this, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said Wolff’s comments show a “total lack of understanding of how a race car and team develop”.
“Well, I think I completely agree with Max,” Horner said.
“It shows a total lack of understanding of how a race car and team develop, if Toto thinks that we’re developing a car around a single driver.
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“You develop a car to be as quick as you can and sometimes quick cars are difficult cars. That’s what’s historically been the case.
“And I think that drivers adapt. The good drivers that you see in wet conditions, mixed conditions, varied conditions.
“The elite [drivers], they adapt quickly and I think that’s one of his key skill sets is his ability to adapt to the feeling and the grip levels that a car gives him.
“But there’s certainly no direction to say: ‘Oh, we tailor something to suit one specific driver.’
“We’re just trying to design and build the fastest car that that we can, that our tools, our simulation or our wind tunnel provide us with that direction,” the Austrian concluded.
