BERLIN, 20 Apr. (dpa/EP) –
Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner described Formula 1’s budget cap on Thursday as “a total cultural shift in the last two years,” hoping rival teams will narrow their World Championship points gap. throughout this season.
“It’s been a total culture shift in the last two years. It’s a new challenge in Formula 1, how you apply your resources. It used to be a ‘sprint’ in terms of developing a car as quickly as possible with whatever budget you could muster.” , Horner declared during an interview on the Formula 1 website.
“Now it’s a matter of how and where you apply your resources and of course there are so many variables like crash damage, crash damage that can have a massive effect on your development potential. It’s going to be interesting to see how this year turns out.” , has added.
In defending their World Cup Constructors’ title, a great start to the season has seen Red Bull Racing take the lead with 123 points. Thus, the ‘energetic’ team has already opened an advantage of 58 points over its closest competitors; right now, Aston Martin occupies the second position with 65.
As defending champions, Red Bull Racing were given the shortest wind tunnel time for this season, with their time further reduced by penalties issued by the FIA for breaking the limit in the season. 2021.
For that reason, Horner has predicted that his rivals will be on his heels later in the season. “I think it will be very difficult for us to develop this car, because when you look at the amount of percentage time we have less compared to some of our rivals, it’s significant,” he said.
“But it is what it is. We just have to do the best we can with what we have, be efficient, effective and selective in what we choose to develop and how we allocate our time,” Red Bull Racing team principal concluded.