Christian Horner has warned Red Bull’s rivals that the exhaust system of the RB6 car is not a silver bullet.<\/p>\n
At Valencia nearly two weeks ago, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault got so-called ‘blown rear diffusers’ up and running on their cars.<\/p>\n
And this weekend at Silverstone, the concept is part of McLaren’s latest upgrade, with some estimating the laptime benefit at half a second or more.<\/p>\n
But Red Bull team boss Horner has moved to play down those predictions.<\/p>\n
“Our rivals overestimate the benefits of the blown diffuser,” he is quoted as saying by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
“It’s only about two or three tenths,” added the Briton.<\/p>\n
The team’s German driver Sebastian Vettel agrees.<\/p>\n
“It gives us a bit, but only together with the whole package, and that includes our rear suspension.\u00a0 That can’t be copied during the season,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Auto Plus column of French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet reports that, as well as the blown diffuser, McLaren’s Silverstone upgrade includes new cooling, suspension and dampers.<\/p>\n
Ferrari, on the other hand, is not expecting the fast Silverstone layout to suit the F10, even though the new Arena section features some new slow corners.<\/p>\n
“The track seems reasonably similar to the way it was, with a lot of very fast corners, which will not suit us that much,” said Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n
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