Red Bull inspected by the FIA: Horner feels no shame about it!

The director of the Red Bull Racing team, present in Formula 1 since 2005 after the acquisition of Jaguar, showed no shame after the incidents encountered in Malaysia and Australia with the RB4.

Christian Horner, in his own name, indeed believes that the recent suspension issues have no reason to worry him, despite the FIA conducting its own investigation.

David Coulthard encountered two major problems during the first two Grand Prix of the season, resulting in a more or less distant suspension failure of the Red Bull RB4.

The FIA then took the matter into its own hands by studying its suspensions more closely. But a few tests and especially a weekend without other incidents were enough, according to Horner, to convince of the solidity of its equipment.

The FIA had all the elements in hand to justify or not a disqualification of the team due to the suspensions. Personally, I have complete confidence in the team and the single-seater and I find the FIA’s decision to inspect the RB4 as a precaution absolutely normal.

David [Coulthard] simply went off track and hit the curbs too quickly at turn 14. The strength of our suspensions is not in question and the FIA understood that well, so I have no shame!

With the incident in Malaysia, the team missed two practice sessions with Coulthard, which could pose a problem during the race, but Webber still managed to score the team’s first point of the season.

« If we hadn’t encountered all these problems, especially with Webber’s car during the race, we could have been much better ranked. Webber had a fuel pump issue which forced him to pit earlier, compromising his strategy. As for Coulthard, he simply didn’t have enough time to improve the car… »

« I’m happy with where we are. The car seems very performant in pure speed and the team is progressing well. In no time, we’ll be at the right level! »