F1: 2012 Rules 'Deliberately' Attacked Red Bull, Claims Marko

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F1: 2012 Rules ‘Deliberately’ Attacked Red Bull, Claims Marko

Helmut Marko says the 2012 rules package doesn't play to Red Bull's strengths...

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted April 18, 2012 GMM Newswire

Helmut Marko (Right) talks with Sebastian Vettel (Left) in the paddock. (Photo: Getty Images)

Helmut Marko has aimed fire at F1's new rules for 2012, claiming they were devised "deliberately" to end the era of Red Bull dominance.

"We no longer have the superiority that we had last year," the energy drink owned team's Austrian consultant acknowledged on Servus TV this week.

"This is due to several technical changes that were introduced deliberately against Red Bull," said Marko.

He conceded that the new rules apply to every team, but is clearly suggesting that the exhaust blown diffuser clampdown, and the tougher rigidity tests for the front wings, were devised with Sebastian Vettel's utter dominance of the 2011 season in mind.

"But that is not an excuse for our car not being at the level it should be at," Marko insisted.

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