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FIA ruling 'has no impact' - Horner

Christian Horner: 'We're more than happy with the FIA's verdict, which we fully support' © Getty Images

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the FIA's clarification that altering the suspension set-up of a car in parc ferme is illegal holds no fears his team.

"The car that we will take to China will be exactly the same mechanically as it was in the first three races. It has absolutely no impact on the specification of our car," Horner told Autosport.

Red Bull denied in Malaysia that it was running active suspension and welcomed a clarification of the rules, to which the FIA obliged on Sunday night by issuing the following statement.

"Any system device or procedure, the purpose and/or effect of which is to change the set-up of the suspension, while the car is under Parc Ferme conditions will be deemed to contravene article 34.5 of the sporting regulations."

But Horner said he welcomed the FIA's clarification, adding that the accusations levelled at his team are a compliment to the pace of the Red Bull RB6.

"Fundamentally, we've got a fast car. The guys have done a good job and it's inevitably one of those things that people perhaps make accusations when you are running competitively. But I take it as a compliment. I'm sure if we were running 14th, similar accusations wouldn't be made.

"Obviously the FIA has felt the necessity to clarify, and I think they've done exactly the right and the responsible thing, as it avoids a development rush in this area that inevitably wouldn't be cheap. It's a sensible ruling. It inevitably saves teams spending a huge amount of money on R&D to create such systems and obviously if anybody does run one, it would be in clear breach of the technical regulations.

"We're more than happy with the FIA's verdict, which we fully support."

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