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Horner astounded by Wolff's Honda engine claim

Christian Horner says he was astounded by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff's claim that Red Bull owed its straight-line speed advantage in France to "a huge step forward" achieved by Honda's power unit. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was indeed the fastest car down Paul Ricard's Mistral straight last weekend, the Dutchman blasting through the speed trap in qualifying at 328.7 mph. However, Red Bull's superior velocity was in large part due to the low-drag rear wing configuration used last weekend on RB16B. But because Honda had supplied new units all-round to Red Bull and AlphaTauri in France, moving both teams on to their second engines for 2021, Wolff had jumped to a rather surprising...
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