Stuck: “Horner, a puppet”

Red Bull, this season, has not been noticed by the cordial understanding between its drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Moreover, those interested, to justify the deteriorating atmosphere within the team of Milton Keynes, kicked in by asserting that the same phenomenon will occur in McLaren, when Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button will take part in a muscular duel on the track.

But, far from taking McLaren as an example, many observers question the abilities of Christian Horner, team principal, to “hold” his drivers. Indeed, Vettel and Webber collided in Turkey while they were on course for a one-two finish. And, this weekend, the rivalry was exacerbated after Horner's decision to put Webber?s (evolved) wing on the car of Vettel, who had lost it before qualifying at Silverstone.

« Christian Horner is a puppet, explains Hans-Joachim Stuck, former pilot of F1, to the TZ newspaper. Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz's strings are pulled by Helmut Marko. » The latter, advisor to Mateschitz, is very close to the drivers of the Red Bull Junior Team, from which Sebastian Vettel, a Red Bull driver, comes, while Mark Webber has known several teams before. From there to thinking that the Milton Keynes team favors drivers from its sector, there is only one step that HJ Stuck takes.

In addition, he judges the events at Silverstone very harshly, which a team wanting to be World Champion must manage much better than has been done. “ What the team management did in Great Britain is an absolute scandal », exclaims Stuck, who believes that Mark Webber should not have been deprived of his latest specification front wing. “ Whoever decided to take off their new wing at Webber can pack their bags. »

For him, there is no doubt, a new boss, more charismatic, must reign over Milton Keynes. “ Mateschitz must respond by putting a new man at Red Bull ". And he suggests a man very close to Red Bull, the main team of Toro Rosso. " Franz (Tost) is one of the best team managers in Formula 1. » Due to the events at Silverstone, Red Bull will necessarily have to question the ability of its management to manage a title race, while Webber and Vettel are still behind the McLaren drivers in the championship standings.