Controversy: Red Bull accuses Aston Martin of plagiarism, throws some darts

red bull started a psychological warfare with aston martinIt took less than a race to start a dispute with the green team. Milton Keynes There have been several pending accounts over the past few years. From the beginning they pointed out that at least at the beginning of this course, Aston Martin AMR23 Their main rivals, we also recognize that the team has a lot of room for improvement. silver stone during this season.

Aston Martin began to surprise. Cars were the ones who improved the most year over year in Bahrain, with a total of 2.4 seconds compared to the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix, while the rest of the teams improved by a few tenths or at most a second. The green box took a leap that was hard to find precedent for and Red Bull was quick to accuse the British team of plagiarism. The reason is that Aston Martin acquired seven engineers, including one of the pillars of Red Bull.talk about Dan Fallowswas in charge of the aerodynamics department of red bullthe first of the second F1 Adrian NewleyHis protégé moved to Aston Martin and the AMR23 is his first creation. Red Bull therefore launched its attack on Saturday.

“If you compare the two cars, Aston Martin is the most similar to Red Bull and there’s a reason for that. It’s not just Dan Fallows who moved to Aston Martin, it’s the same for the other employees. They’re clear. It’s a good memory,” Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko said sarcastically.

After the race, Aston Martin showed the same strengths as Red Bull, such as good long-run tire management and good traction, and Fernando Alonso continued the darts with a podium finish. First, it was “Czech” Perez who repeated the same joke several times at a press conference. “It’s nice to see Red Bull on the podium.” he said with a laugh. Verstappen endorsed him with more laughter, but Alonso seemed to care little for the comment and replied with more laughter.And another similar comment would come from Helmut Marko. “We had three Red Bulls on the podium today, but only the last one (3rd) had a different engine.said the Austrian in front of the ‘Servus TV’ microphone.

Marko teased Aston Martin’s strategy for 2021

Red Bull will always attack what it considers its biggest rival. This was done, for example, at Mercedes in 2021 with constant cross-statements and massive battles in the office to destabilize rivals. Perhaps Red Bull fears the big improvements Aston Martin can achieve with its new car.In this regard, compared to the very limited Red Bull, it spends far more time in simulations set by wind tunnels and regulations. Yes, but there is no proof of what they say.

It’s funny because in 2021 Helmut Marko even made fun of Aston Martin’s strategy of taking some of the brains out of the best teams. “Formula 1 is still a team sport. Here you need very good collective cohesion and always the right attitude.” As such, even when several attempts to steal employees were ultimately successful, Aston Martin was able to retain key employees for quite some time. But it doesn’t make sense to just pull out the staff and think it’s all over. ”Marco commented in 2021. Two years later, he believes headhunting is the reason for Aston Martin’s rise.

Red Bull has already lost the lawsuit against Aston Martin

Red Bull has a number of pending accounts with Aston Martin. The first is the controversial Dan Fallows signature. The green team announced his signing in June 2021, but Red Bull complained that the position, which was so important to them, would have to follow the so-called ‘garderling’, the period that elapses after the end of the contract. Engineers until he started working for one team, designed so that the knowledge of another team was not immediately usable by another team. He then started a trial that turned out to be a Red Bull frog.

After a legal battle, Both teams have agreed that Dan Fallows can start working with Aston Martin from April 2022. After playing a key role in the energy drink team from its inception in 2005 until 2021, the chief engineer of the world champion car left for a group of aspiring future champions.

‘File Download’ accusation in 2022

After being upset over contracts with some of their engineers after a dispute over the Fallows, they were furious at the final F1 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.Aston Martin started the year with the wrong car concept, Barcelona 2022. So they hopped onto the track with a pontoon with a large cutout in the bottom, very similar to the innovative pontoon created by Red Bull. They then accused Aston Martin of being an “illegal” copy. Paddock then started talking about a ‘green Red Bull’.

At the time, Red Bull expressed anger with a harsh denunciation, assuring it could be the result of a “file download” from the factory.

“We are following the FIA’s statement with interest. Imitation is the highest compliment, but replicas of a design must clearly comply with the FIA’s ‘reverse engineering’ rules. However, IP (reverse Technology) is a clear violation of the rules and is of serious concern,” Red Bull said in a statement.

In this sense, data downloads in this type of company are audited, and you should always know who inspects files, what types of files are open for how long, and who downloads them. I have. And when.

“It is important to clarify how this incredible copy of our car arrived. As it stands, copies are not prohibited, but seven have been taken from us. And I also have to take into account the fact that I was the previous head of aerodynamics, and I went to Aston Martin for a disproportionately high salary.” Helmut Marko commented on “Sky Germany” at the time.

“There’s still some data we’re checking. We’ll look into it more. It’s not just the Dan Fallows issue. I believe there’s evidence that the data was downloaded. Copying the approach isn’t forbidden, but , Can I get a copy? Can I get a detailed copy of our car without paperwork?” Added freed Marco.

On the occasion, Red Bull employees sat down to drink a special edition green can of the energy drink as a cynical protest. , an internal investigation was launched within the team. And finally, Red Bull found no proof of what he said.

The Silverstone team had already been accused of something similar when Racing Point put a similar car to the previous year’s Mercedes dubbed the ‘Pink Mercedes’ on the track during 2020 pre-season testing. . The team was delighted with complaints about the car being created by researching W10 photos without obtaining information illegally.