McLaren chief Zak Brown has admitted that he is happy to continue stirring the pot in a bid to ‘destabilise’ Red Bull.
Brown is no stranger to speaking up about the Austrian outfit and is known to have a mutual dislike for Christian Horner.
Speaking with host Oz Woloshyn on Kaleidoscope’s TechStuff podcast, he explained how McLaren can benefit from playing mind games with their closest challengers.
“Our sport, perhaps more than others, though I wouldn’t claim to be an expert on other sports, has a highly competitive and political aspect,” said Brown.
“The goal is to make ourselves as fast as possible, but there’s also a strategy of destabilising the competition.
“We try to create tension or disrupt other teams, which isn’t unique to F1 but is particularly pronounced here.
“You’re constantly fighting for employees, drivers, sponsors, and media attention plays a big role.
“If you can generate some instability in rival teams, and it doesn’t always work in our favour, it can slow them down while we focus on speeding up.”