An initially innocuous ‘tweet’ by a Swiss test driver has stirred up a controversy involving the championship-leading team Red Bull.<\/p>\n
Neel Jani wrote on his Twitter account this week that he “really worked my neck out” on Sunday during a 400 kilometre test at the wheel of the RB7.<\/p>\n
The test is believed to have taken place at the Idiada venue in Spain.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old’s comment raised eyebrows because the only testing allowed during the season is to be conducted in a straight line, but Jani said his neck was twinged due to “high speed cornering”.<\/p>\n
The offending tweets have been deleted.<\/p>\n
A Red Bull spokesperson denied to f1fanatic.co.uk that Jani’s test broke the rules.<\/p>\n
“We did not complete high speed cornering and tested within the permitted regulations — which is an aero test carried out on FIA approved straight line or constant radius sites,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Red Bull also claimed Jani did not write the tweets himself.<\/p>\n
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