Discussions between the FIA Formula 1 race director and teams should be broadcast on television, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said, following criticism over the role they played in the outcome of last year’s world championship.
F1 began broadcasting communications involving the race director for the first time last year. It captured the dramatic conclusion to the season in Abu Dhabi, where both Red Bull and Mercedes lobbied former race director Michael Masi over his handling of a Safety Car period at the end of the race.
Horner believes F1 team principals should be prevented from speaking to the race director in the same way in future, but says some communication between the parties needs to continue.
“I think the team manager certainly should retain that ability to speak to race control,” he told Sky on Friday. “Getting the team principals off is, I think, probably a good thing because it does keep the dialogue just between, the team managers and the…