Red Bull boss Christian Horner blames Mercedes for directing a 'coordinated' slanderous attack to depict Max Verstappen as 'distraught and flighty' in front of his Formula One title fight with Lewis Hamilton
Christian Horner has blamed Mercedes for attempting to spread Max Verstappen
The Dutchman is tied on focuses with rival Lewis Hamilton in front of the last race
Horner said Mercedes have attempted to depict his driver as 'distraught' and 'flighty'
It comes as the race chief said focuses will be deducted for hazardous driving
Horner didn't preclude lawful activity in case Verstappen is denied the title thusly
By MARTIN SAMUEL FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Christian Horner has blamed Mercedes for leading a slanderous attack to deny Max Verstappen of his first Formula One title.
Just before the greatest last-race standoff throughout the entire existence of the game, Red Bull group head Horner went on the assault over what he sees as Mercedes putting F1 stewards under enormous strain to punish Verstappen and his group.
Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are tied on focuses going into Sunday's fabulous prix in Abu Dhabi, however the Dutchman will take the drivers' title on absolute race wins this season assuming the two men don't wrap up.
Red Bull's Christian Horner blamed Mercedes for a slanderous attack against Max Verstappen
Verstappen (left) and Lewis Hamilton (right) are tied on focuses going into the last fantastic prix
Horner said: 'obviously it's been a purposeful mission by Mercedes. Completely. It's been essential for an account to come down on the stewards to act uniquely in contrast to some other race.
'This is a mission that has been driven secretively to put the focus on Max, give him a slogan, depict him as this distraught, reckless driver, put as much tension as possible on him, in the group, and eventually on the overseeing body.
'We found in Brazil, the remarks about the punishments being funny, or Lewis being aggrieved. Mercedes have perhaps the most astute medium arms in the enclosure and they utilize each device they can.'
In a meeting with Sportsmail two months prior, Mercedes group head Toto Wolff raised the possibility of a rehash of a famous episode in 1990 when Ayrton Senna took out Alain Prost to stop him winning the title.
Mercedes head Toto Wolff recommended there could be a rehash of 1990 when Ayrton Senna took out Alain Prost to stop him winning the title
Race chief Michael Masi has taken steps to deduct title focuses — near unfathomable in F1 — in the event that he thinks a driver is intentionally focusing on his rival, which has shocked Horner further.
He accepts this is explicitly focused on his driver and would view it as an extraordinary punishment in this mission.
Horner would not preclude lawful activity in the event that Verstappen is denied along these lines and, asked inside and out if Red Bull could go to court assuming Verstappen was given a punishment not steady with disciplines across the 2021 season, Horner said: 'You must glance at the unique situation. The one thing you're searching for is reliable utilization of the principles, and for what reason is this terrific prix not quite the same as some other excellent prix that we've gone to this year?
Race chief Michael Masi said focuses will be docked assuming a driver purposely focuses on an adversary
'You've either got rules or you haven't. What makes this any pretty much significant than Silverstone, or Spa, or Hungary, or Monza?
'We've had occurrences in a ton of spots this year.
'The issue with Michael Masi and the focuses derivation, that has been permeating since Toto Wolff gave that meeting.
'You must apply the principles 7
reliably. I think this is the thing that Max has a disappointed outlook on
'On occasion he feels, when he takes a gander at different episodes, they're not treated in a similar way.'
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