Christian Horner insists McLaren got it wrong with team orders drama in Hungary

Red🎉 Bull boss says "you have to put your eggs in one basket"

Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14,…

Christian Horner believes McLaren were 💦wrong w💦ith their strategy last weekend in Hungary.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won his first F1 grand prix, ahead of teammate Lando Norris, but not witไhout drama surrounding t♋eam orders.

A series of increasingly urgent radio calls demanded Norris yie💙ld his position back to Piastri - whiꦅch he eventually did, after many laps of seemingly ignoring them.

However, their Red Bull counterparts think it was wrong not to prior𒈔itise ꦬNorris.

"Lando is the exper🌟ienced driver and the No1 driver, I assume,” Red Bull team principal Horner told Sky Sports.

“It's standard pract෴ice to give the lead driver the first stop. They could have done that quite easily with Oscar.

"But they gave a two-lap undercut to Lando, so obviously wanted him ahead of O💙scar.

“Having put him ahead, it's ▨tough on the driver to say 'we want you to drop behind your team-mate’.

"If this championship is lost by ꦿseven points at the end of the year, every point counts.

“Different teams go racing in a different way. But Lando is the closest challenger and you have to put your eggs in on♒e basket, at some point."

Norris is second in the F1 standings ahead of to✨day’s F1 Be𒁏lgian Grand Prix.

He is 76 points behind 🧸Verstappen, who is gunning for a fourth title in a row.

Team orders will be scrutinised again at 💦𒊎today’s Belgian Grand Prix.

The starti🅠ng grid has a competitive feel, coupled with the famous overtaking opportunities that the Spa circuit offers.

Red ♛Bull’s Max Verstappen qualified first but will start from 11th due to a grid penalty. He has previously won this grand prix from 14th on the grid.

Ferrari’s Charles ♕Leclerc is on pole, ahead of u♍nder-pressure Red Bull driver Sergio Perez.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton is third aheඣadღ of Norris, then Piastri.

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