Horner: 'You can't say you can drive there, but you can't overtake'

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08:51, 29 Mar 2021

Max Verstappen nearly raced to victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday but he gave the lead back to Lewis Hamilton. He had overtaken the world champion off the track. Fine, Christian Horner thinks, but it has to be consistent.

Well it’s frustrating when you can see as soon as Mercedes started to push they just use that part of the track. And we questioned with race control ‘if that’s the case, can we do it?

“The race director then asked them to respect the limits, otherwise they’d get a black and white flag."

Horner wants clarity

By warning Mercedes about this, it at least suggests that what Hamilton did is officially not allowed and can be punished. Why the race committee then decided not to enforce this, creates unnecessary confusion Horner believes:

“With these track limits they’re always going to be contentious but we do just need to have a consistent situation. You can’t say it’s OK to use it in a race but you can’t overtake out there. They should either be black or white, they shouldn’t be shades of grey.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	90
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	60
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	29
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	26
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	26
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	13
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Horner: 'You can't say you can drive there, but you can't overtake'

Horner wants clarity

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