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Setting the pace … but controvesy has followed the Red Bull team around this year.
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The Red Bull F1 team have hit back at their critics after being dragged into another controversy over the legality of their cars following the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Team chief Christian Horner said the champions should be praised for taking an adventurous and creative approach to car design rather than slammed after accusations about their engine mapping and suspension setting devices.
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Horner added the fact that his outfit has faced no penalties this season shows they are playing straight.
“At the end of the day, it is down to the FIA (International Motoring Federation) and the stewards to decide whether the car is legal or not,” he said.
“Every single time our car has been questioned by other teams, it has always complied with the rules.”
Both Red Bull drivers were down in the placings in Hungary, which was won by Lewis Hamilton for McLaren, with Sebastian Vettel finishing fourth and Mark Webber eighth.
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Fernando Alonso marked his 31st birthday by finishing fifth for Ferrari and extending his lead in the drivers title race to 40 points ahead of Webber.
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Red Bull has consistently denied all suggestions of cheating, including the use of an illegal manual device to change suspension settings on the car, while parked in the official area after a race, to improve ride height and performance.
But the team had to acknowledge that it is illegal to have such a device.
According to close technical observers, Red Bull has this year had to make changes to the floor design of their cars and wheel hubs as well as the engine mapping that, in a report by the the FIA at the German Grand Prix, was alleged to be illegal.
“Of course the nature of F1 is that it is competitive, but the regulations are written in such a way that they are open to interpretation,” said Horner.
“From HRT to Red
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