Once again the battle between Red Bull Racing and Mercedes is being fought out not only on track, but also during the press moments. The main issue this weekend is Red Bull's flexible rear wing, about which Mercedes has informed the FIA, as well as Wolff's statement that his team is now fully focused on 2022. This statement obviously fell into Christian Horner' s lap. After the second free session the team boss reacted.

"Can Mercedes afford to just switch everything off?", Horner wonders during an interview with Sky Sports. "You would be a very brave person to do that after four races. We just stick to our plan and that is a mix of focusing on 2021 and 2022 within the financial rules."

Horner continued: "I would be surprised [if this is the case] because the pace of development is still quite intense. We've only done four races. It's a measuring game for all the teams who are aware of this. If you're Ferrari, you're still racing against the McLaren's. If you're us, you're still trying to catch Mercedes."

Rear wing debacle

Horner also has something to say about Wolff's complaints regarding Red Bull's rear wing: "I think Toto is more focused on our rear wing than on next year. I can't assess it. I don't know what is going on in their company. Fortunately, Toto does know what's going on in everybody's business."