Horner puzzled by recovery trucks on track: 'Not better to stop?'

Many fans and teams alike watch with baited breath as recovery vehicles and marshals were on the track while the Australian Grand Prix was ongoing. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes these situations should be analysed appropriately.

It had been previously agreed that recovery vehicles would not be on track at the same time as a Formula 1 car was racing. However, that is exactly what happened at the Australian Grand Prix. It was not just one time that the drivers were behind a safety, but three. Even under the safety car, people still wonder why the driving continued.

Horner said he was surprised to see this happen. "It's never great seeing recovery circuits, recovery cars on the circuit when the cars are circulating or there's cars still looking to close up, and I suppose they'll look at that," the Red Bull Racing team principal told the media, including GPblog, later in the day.

Horner did mention that the FIA kept the teams in the loop. "They did inform all of us that was what they were doing. It was down to us to inform the drivers, but it's always particularly on a circuit that's quite damp, and we've seen a lot of cars swapping ends with experienced drivers as well today. "

He concluded, "Sometimes you think 'okay, should we just stop it here and take a restart?'"

This article was written in collaboration with Ludo van Denderen.

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