"It's not the first time and certainly not the last": Brown's rant against Red Bull and strategy with Ricciardo

In a title race, every point is good to take. And when you can also deprive your rival of one, then why bother? That's how we can roughly sum up the end of the Singapore Grand Prix this Sunday, when Red Bull took advantage of its status as mother stable to play the party pooper of McLaren et Lando Norris.

Thus, the Austrian team did not hesitate to open its radio channel with the Racing Bulls wall, which it owns, to demand that Daniel Ricciardo made a third and final stop with three laps to go. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the strategy. Put soft tires on the Aussie's car, which was light on fuel, to give him the fastest lap in the race. Or rather steal it from Lando Norris, who had it at the time, to prevent him from taking an extra point from Max VerstappenA task carried out efficiently that the Dutchman did not hesitate to acknowledge by thanking his great friend, who surely competed in his last Grand Prix.

Anger at McLaren, Red Bull defends itself 

Obviously, the pill went down very badly at McLaren while the Woking team is playing for the title on both fronts. When it came time to take stock of his weekend, Zak Brown did not hesitate to attack the Austrian clan, not at his first attempt according to him.

« What a great initiative from teams A and B, I didn't know it was allowed, the main team of Papayes said very ironically on the airwaves of SiriusXM. But this is not the first time we see it, and certainly not the last. »

Now, Zak Brown intends to raise the issue with the authorities, having already pointed it out at the start of the year, highlighting a lack of sporting fairness. This is something I've talked about in the past and I think it's proof that it can happen, because they wouldn't have made this stop normally.He says. This isn't going to score anyone any points, so I think that illustrates the problem with this. »

For its part, Red Bull, through its ever-deceitful team principal Christian Horner, acted as if nothing had happened. Racing Bulls made the stop and finished with the fastest lap, the leader slipped on SiriusXM. There is nothing more. Kevin Magnussen could have done it if he hadn't gone wide on a turn, and he has an engine Ferrari. Each team is independent.. » We have seen better as a defense while McLaren does not have the ambition to give up on the subject while Zak Brown had already alerted the authorities. It remains to be seen whether the latter react in the future.

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