Mika Hakkinen believes at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, last Sunday, Mercedes found extra in their package to move ahead of Red Bull in the performance stakes. The double F1 World Champion's observations giving credence to Christian Horner's remarks that their rivals found some more horsepower. After the race in Istanbul, won comfortably by Mercedes wingman Valtteri Bottas, the Red Bull team boss said: “Just for clarity, we didn’t protest it. We raised some questions, as all teams do.' Horner signalled out Lewis Hamilton in particular: 'If you look at the straight-line speed of particularly Lewis, it was like 15 to 20 [kph] up after the kink on the straight. It’s phenomenal. We’ve...
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