Formula 1 pundit Karun Chandhok has labelled ꦚRed Bull team principal Christian Horner a “master politician” for his ability to change narratives to suit his interests.

With Red Bull struggling to match pacesetter McLaren in the early part of the 2025 season, Horn▨er has blamed a correlation issue between the wind tunnel and the track for the shortcomings of t🐼he RB21.

It follows Horner's previous description of the team’s existing wind tunnel in Bedford as a “Cold War relic” to highlight its outdated nature compared to the aero-testing faciliti❀es of otherꦰ teams.

However, Chandhok was unimpressed with Horner’s argument, saꦗying the Briton tends to reframe the conversation.

His own research suggests that if a correlation issue does exist at Red Bull, then the wind tunnel itself is not the ro𓆉ot cause of the problem.

“Every time I listen to Christian Horner's ‘our wind tunnel is a relic of the cold war’ thing….it's just PR spin,” the forme💛r F1 driver said on the .

“He is such a master politician. When we did the cost ♍cap last year [he showed he was a] master of deflection, he just pivoted to some other story.

“I don't see Racinജg Bulls complaining about correlation for the wind tunnel [and] they use the same wind tunnel.

“I asked a couple of people at Racing Bulls, do you struggle with correꦐlation [and there were like] 'nope'.

“So it comes back to a Red Bull Racing issue. Sure, there is a correlation between their design in the factory and the wind tunnel, but that is a Red Bull issueꦬ rather than a ‘this is our relic of the Cold War where we design so many things.”

After 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was hit with a five-second time penalty for going off track and 🌊gaining an advantage at the start of the Saudi Arabian GP, Horner brought printed images of the incident to his media scrum to defend the Dutchman's actions.

The supposed photographic evidence showed polesitter Verstappen running ahead of McLaren rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri as they approached the opening chicane.

Chandhok s꧋aw that attempt at influencing the media as very much in line with his character as a politician.

“You have to give Christian credit, he is 💞very good at at least trying to spin it.

“When you arrived at the post-race thing with all of his printouts ready💛 to go to argue the Max Verstappen thing. I'm sure it’s not an accident that on Instagram he posted a picture from high above showing Max ahead of Oscar.

“The fact that he has come off the br൲akes and is heading straight to the run-off area at a higher speed [is irrelevant], let's ignore thatඣ bit.”

Chandhok added: “He manages to spin the narrative and g🍒et enough people to believe it that it becomes fact - and I give him credit for it.

“Ifꦇ you look at the last 24 months and the number of PR stories that they had to manage, he has weatheredไ the storm and he has come out of it.”

Red B🔥ull is building a new wind tunnel at its campus in Milton Keynes that is expected to become operational next year.