Mercedes ‘could be in front’ in Spain – Horner

May 4 (GMM) Christian Horner does not agree that immediately aiming for race wins is an unrealistic target for Mercedes.

The grey W01 car is set to feature major revisions in Spain this weekend, but the team’s pacesetter Nico Rosberg has denied that it means victory is now within Mercedes’ grasp.

But also amid some reports that are writing off Michael Schumacher’s chances of making a big step in Barcelona, Red Bull’s Horner said: “They (Schumacher and Mercedes) have already shown what they can do.”

The Briton is referring to Schumacher’s record tally of 91 wins and seven titles, and the fact that as Brawn GP, the Brackley based team won both the drivers’ and the constructors’ championships last year.

Red Bull’s RB6 until now has been the fastest on the 2010 grid, but Horner said “writing off teams and drivers that have won world championships” is a “mistake you must never make”.

“Things can change very quickly,” he said in the latest edition of the German sports magazine Kicker.

“That’s why Mercedes could suddenly be in front in Barcelona,” added Horner.

© 2010, www.fantasyracings.com. All rights reserved. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form. Copyright by F1 Teams Media Departaments, (GMM) and (CIAM)

0 commentsback to post

Other articlesgo to homepage

	Red Bull reveals ‘slightly ugly’ RB8(0) Adrian Newey on Monday admitted his latest creation, the title-defending RB8, is a “slightly ugly looking” Red Bull. The reigning champions unveiled the car in which Sebastian Vettel will push for a third consecutive drivers’ title, and like most other models seen so far in 2012, it has a controversial ‘stepped nose’. Designer Newey said

	Lotus reveals 2012 car with stepped nose(0) Lotus has become the fourth formula one team to reveal a 2012 car design with a controversial ‘stepped’ front nose design. The former Renault team’s black and gold E20 was launched on the internet on Sunday from its headquarters at Enstone. Nose aside, another point of interest on the E20 is the disappearance of last

	Sauber joins ‘stepped nose’ club with C31(0) Sauber on Monday joined the growing ‘stepped nose’ club by revealing its C31. The Swiss team’s new Ferrari-powered car – boasting a modified grey, white and red livery – was revealed at Jerez before its initial laps “for filming purposess” ahead of the opening pre-season test. Like most other cars revealed so far in 2012,

	Boss admits launch McLaren had ‘plastic’ exhausts(0) Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that the launch version of McLaren’s new MP4-27 car featured a dummy diffuser and ‘plastic’ exhaust exits. With exhaust-blown diffusers effectively banned for 2012, the big technical talking point will be how the designers claw back that lost downforce. McLaren gave nothing away last week, installing a fake diffuser and plastic

	Marko: 2012 Red Bull ‘not as ugly as Ferrari’(0) Dr Helmut Marko on Sunday gave the F1 world a sneak-preview of Red Bull’s title-defending 2012 car. A day before it debuts at Jerez, the Renault-powered RB8 will be revealed on Monday. And the launch of Adrian Newey’s next creation has become even more eagerly anticipated after rival top teams Ferrari and McLaren unveiled their