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RED BULL against MERCEDES: Will it really explode now?

The inaugural race of the Formula 1 season was exciting, not only on the track but also off it. Because between the Mercedes and Red Bull there is great tension.

Christian horner, team boss Red Bull, did not want to overestimate this topic. It’s about the little rudeness between Mercedes in Red Bullom? Maybe it's the beginning of fun. "hostility”This season? “Not really,He said British, after his team clashed with serial world champions several times. There is a lot going on, especially off the track.

First, there is the protest here Mercedes DAS system, which was rejected. He followed on Sunday protest again, this time against impunity Lewis Hamilton, after the Briton in the qualifiers under yellow flag did not slow down enough. Red Bull submitted to the Commissioners new photos from a 360-degree camera that showed Hamilton could see the yellow flag signals.

Due to the DAS system, the Mercedes and Red Bull ignited a dispute that could set fire to the roof of both top teams.

"Saturday was the only day on which Red Bull did not protest against us,”He explained sarcastically Toto wolff, head of the Mercedes team. Hamilton he had to move from second place to fifth on the starting line, which meant that both racers were Red Bull Racing gained one place each. “We were able to see it at the race, and the racers were informed to use this system to control the temperature in the tires. Does that belong to the helm? Either way, the system was declared legal. And that's just the way it is. And now the teams have a clear choice to develop their equivalent system,”Is about the decision regarding the system THE said Horner.

Toto Wolff, head of the Mercedes team, and Christian Horner, head of the team Red Bull, staged a verbal “war” in Austria, full of sarcastic inserts.

"I think Friday's protest was a fair game,”He says Wolff. "Not on Sunday. If you go back to the racetrack on Sunday and overturn yesterday’s decision when you have new evidence, the rules also allow that. You have to accept this collected. However: The gloves are taken off," so Wolff. Team boss Red Bull however, he launched the next attack after the race. From Lewis Hamilton he demanded that he reconsider his way of racing. Clash of the current champion with Alex Albon iz Red Bulland, the British were fined a mark-up five seconds, young Thai and the first steps in his career Formula 1. "Earlier, we should have asked Lewis what he could do differently,” he says Horner. "Last but not least, it was just his misjudgment and it would be good if he apologized for it."                    

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