Zak Brown respond to McLaren and Red-Bulls for Over Spending
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Previous years, Zak Brown has been critical of Christian Horner and Red Bull Racing. First complain about Austrian team is exceeding the budget cap and then when there was an ongoing investigation about Horner’s alleged inappropriate behaviour, the McLaren CEO called for transparency. Brown reacted and explained how he gets on with the Red Bull team principal.
Two companies McLaren and Red Bull are close competitiors in Formula One, with the British team trying to pick up the pieces at constructors’ championship. After 14 rounds, the gap between two company was at 42 points.
Brown said “I’ve known Christian for about 25, 30 years. We used to race against each other. I would say we used to get on.”
Horner become team principal in 2005 before Brown joins the team in 2016 then two years later he got promoted to be CEO of McLaren.
Brown went on to share that he want to protect their sports and others should owned-up to take responsibility.
Brown said “To me, it’s not personal. It’s protecting our sport. The cost cap, the excuses behind that, I never really heard a ‘we just got it wrong’. I heard excuses and not taking ownership,” Brown explained his issue with Horner’s reaction to Red Bull exceeding the cost cap in the 2021 season, that got revealed in 2022.”
American during his conclusion of his speech highlighted that it is very important for people to understand where they come from.
Brown said “When I see things not consistent with our values, I’m going to speak up about it because it’s important people understand where we’re coming from. As long as I’m friends with McLaren, our fans, our partners, that’s what’s most important to me.”
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
