Sending in the clones

RED BULL FURY OVER ‘COPYCAT’ CAR

- SIMON CASS

FURIOUS Red Bull boss Christian Horner has accused Aston Martin of copying their car.

And Horner even raised the prospect of their intellectual property (IP) being pinched, claiming if that had occurred it would be a “criminal offence”.

Aston Martin arrived in Barcelona with a vastly updated machine for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, one which bears a striking resemblance to the innovative Red Bull design.

The sport’s governing body, the FIA, have investigated the matter and come to the conclusion “no wrongdoing had been committed”.

But that has done little to satisfy Horner, who claimed their Aston Martin was a “clone” of their machine, while team advisor Helmut Marko raised the prospect of their data being “downloaded”.