Red Bull U-turn as Christian Horner retracts Mercedes ‘illegal wings’ claim

Christian Horner says Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes is legal (FIA Pool)

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has performed an apparent U-turn by retracting his claim that Lewis Hamilton’s new Mercedes is illegal.

Hamilton’s Mercedes team are running a radically revised machine for the final test in Bahrain before next Sunday’s season opener in the Gulf Kingdom.