Max Versaben: Christian Horner about the reason for the Red Bull driver’s request to give up George Russell in the middle of the “second guess” F1 rulers | F1 news

Red Paul coach, Christian Horner, believes that more immediate rulings from the F1 race manager during races would prevent the teams from compulsion to “second guessing” of referees decisions after the troubled end to the Spanish Max Versaben Grand race.

The controversial LAP-64 collision with Verstapen with George Russell-who Monday World Champion four times Responsibility accepted and recognized “should not happen” – It happened on the lap of Red Pl

It was because, three rolls in advance in a feverish restartment of the race after a late safety car, the Verstapen had ran its path widely and stayed in front of Russell after he touched the two cars the wheels while the British tried to cross.

This original accident was placed under investigation by controlling the race, and expected a time penalty for their driver, and Red Bull asked Verstapen to waive the place – a phone call that is already disputed on the team’s radio. Then, Russell Mercedes hit their collision in Lab 64 shortly after that, which got a 10S penalty.

However, it occurred only after the race in the issuance of FIA’s official documents regarding accidents that supervisors had no penalty on Verstapen for one original accident.

The referees stated that Russell had caused the contact after “controlled moments of the car”, and thus they forced Red Paul on the path, which means that there was no justification for another procedure.

Speaking on Sunday night, Horner explained why they asked for Verstapen to fail to Russell in the first place before any official decision was connected by the referees.

“The way these regulations are now, everything is related to the location of this front axis,” said the director of the Red Ball team.

“Drivers know the rules, and they are the rules they play on.

“Now, we have seen many occasions this year as the penalties were given. We have seen that they were referred to. We saw it went to the rulers. The next thing is that you expect a punishment, and for this reason it was,” well, do you know what? We will have to give up this place. “

When asked if it was late to ask Verstapen to give up this position, Horner said: “Yes, but I think this is the place where it will be nice, as a referee, as a manager of the race, either he says play or you need to return it.

“I think it is very difficult for the team, self -trying, trying this call because you are going on the historical precedence. You are looking for what you think in front of you, and you try to anticipate what the referees and the race manager think.

“So I think it would be useful for the difference, in that case, for the race manager to make this call and say that you either return it or get a punishment, instead of having to try to guess what the rulers will do.”

Horner calls for further communication with race control

Communications in the race between the walls of the F1 team and the race manager were restricted to the sports directors only from the 2022 season after increasing the spread of direct intervention operations by the team presidents – especially Horner and Mercedes, the two ends of Toto Wolf – an increasing feature and a dispute in the 2021 campaign when Louis Hamilton Filon Felon is.

In response to a question about whether the teams are still able to contact the race manager, who is now Roy Marquis, Horner said: “Yes, but you do not ask about the question, but you do not return anything.”

He added: “I used to get some directives, but now it is very good for the team to make this call.

“We looked at all slow, and it was really 50-50. The argument was, was George under control of the car? Was it possible to be angle?

“So you can make an invitation to say, see, we need to give this place.”

When asked if he would deal with Marquis, Horner said: “I think it is something in the Sports Consulting Committee (SAC) to be discussed.”

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