Piastri and the controversy with Red Bull: “If they used it, it does not exceed the limits, it destroys them”

This Thursday, at GP of the United Statesit was learned that several teams alerted the FIA about what Red Bull He may have changed the height of his car in the parc ferme, between qualifying and the race, something that is absolutely forbidden and which, if true, means a great competitive advantage over the other contenders, achieved already illegal. However, Red Bull defended itself by confirming that they have a system to lower the height, but “it cannot be used when the car is assembled and ready to race.”

That means, just because they have it, doesn’t mean they can prove they’ve used it and someone on the Red Bull team may need to explain their use of said mechanism in the future.

At McLaren, Red Bull’s great rival for the Constructors’ and Drivers’ World Championship (with Norris), they talked about it.

Oscar Piastri, driver of the Woking team, considers that if any team uses the aforementioned system to change the height of its car in the parc ferme, “it does not exceed the limits, but violates them”. But there is no evidence that Red Bull used it for that purpose.

Obviously, we are going beyond the limits of technical regulations. Everybody does it, and that’s what makes F1, F1. But from what I heard and what I was told, something like this does not exceed the limits: it clearly violates them,” he said in statements reported by the portal of ‘Motorsport.com’ .

“I didn’t hear what car he was in, or if he was in any car, and obviously there were reports about it. But if it’s something that’s used, it’s clearly not pushing the limits. “They have left the gray zone and entered the black zone.”he pointed out before the ‘BBC’ revealed that the team in question was Red Bull.

That said, expect now, as with McLaren when it was discovered to have a ‘Mini DRS’ spoiler in Baku, that all eyes will be on Red Bull if the energy drink car drops in performance in Austin remarkable. .

“If there’s a big difference in performance, obviously there will be some questions. If not… well, nothing to say. Our ‘Mini DRS’ is legal. Although we have to make some changes. It’s not revolutionary for the car. “Let’s see if there is an effect,” he added.

Norris: “It’s one thing to have it and another is how much you use it”

Lando Norris, who is playing for the drivers’ title against Verstappen, is more restrained, leading the overall standings with a 52-point margin over the Englishman with 6 Grands Prix remaining.

“It’s one thing to have it in your car, and it’s another thing how much you exploit it and use it, which we don’t know. If it helped them, if they used it the way people think, then maybe change our address”, Lando argued.