Horner whines to the FIA

[Nem14]

Christian wants the FIA to handicap Mercedes because the Renault power unit can't handle the competition.
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/re...des-domination

[anfield5]

Strange.. I seem to remember Horner being quite happy and anti any sort of equality moves, only 3-7 years ago. I wonder what has changed?

[anfield5]

I love this part of his quote "Horner has called for action to stop fans from losing interest in the sport because one team is clearly ahead of its rivals."

[steveaki13]

Ha. He has some gall.....

[denkimi]

he has a point. mercedes being a full second faster than everybody else for the rest of the season is good for no one.

[dj_bytedisaster]

His main gripe though was that when RB was ahead, the FIA stepped in every time to nobble them. They were dominant in 2011 because of their EBD and the bendy chassis bits, so both were banned, hampering them in early 2012. When they recovered due to finding a sort of 'emulated EBD' though Renault's four cylinder mode and dominated 2013, that was banned as well.

So far the FIA has done nothing to work against that brutal Merc juggernaut. They are farther ahead than Ferrari in the early noughts or RB ever was. Yet they are left in peace. In that regard he may have a point, but of course this being Horner, nobody takes it seriously anymore. He's whinged so often in the past about minor things, now that he actually has a point for a change, nobody listens anymore.

[Doc Austin]

There's nothing wrong with the rules. There is nothing wrong with Mercedes, and there is probably even nothing wrong with Red Bull.

Renault just sucks. That's the entire story.

Ferrari were in even worse shape last year, but they developed their equipment within the rules and not they look pretty good, as do Sauber with the same engine. It can be done. Renault just didn't do it.
and I can't remember the last time he had anything bad to say about anyone or anything. Maybe they just don't give a chit.

Even Adrian Newey is critical of Renault.

"We keep trying to offer help and try to be involved but there seems to be a real reluctance to engage. It's one thing being in the position where you're not competitive but you can see your way out of it.
"It's another thing when you're not competitive and your partner doesn't seem to be willing to engage." Adrian Newey

It sounds like Renault just doesn't give a chit. Why in the world would anyone involved in F1 not accept help from Adrian Newey?

[Doc Austin]

And now, it appears Dieter Mateschitz wants to sell the team and bail completely.

Red Bull Racing's F1 future in doubt

If you take the two Red Bulls and two Torro Rossos out of the picture, how many cars start yesterday?

[anfield5]

I always kind of laugh at these situations, always have - always will. Everyone has the same rules to work with (or bend), just because one team/driver is doing well you can't penalise them. Penalise RedBull etc for not trying hard enough

[dj_bytedisaster]

I always kind of laugh at these situations, always have - always will. Everyone has the same rules to work with (or bend), just because one team/driver is doing well you can't penalise them. Penalise RedBull etc for not trying hard enough

Thing is though other teams WERE penalized for doing well in the past. When Ferrari had bespoke tyres in the early noughts the tyre regs were changed to eff them over. When Merc in the late nineties shot costs through the roof and had a massively superior engine by using Romulan alloys, they were banned. And RB had their EBD banned twice. Current Merc team is not penalized. You can think about it what you want a bit of a point is there. It's just the wrong main saying it.