Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has urged Formula One’s moaners to stop whingeing, get their head down and sort out their own problems instead of complaining about Mercedes’ dominance.
Wolff was responding to the latest complaints from Red Bull team boss Christian Horner in the wake of Mercedes' crushing start to the 2015 season.
Horner was left to reflect on “a s*** Sunday” and the fear fans will turn off F1 after Mercedes’ domination of the race.
Predicting “a two-horse race at every grand prix this year”, Horner has called on the FIA to act to prevent an F1 yawn, and he is fully aware of how his comments will be viewed given Red Bull’s success.
“When we were winning, and we were never winning to the advantage they have, I remember double diffusers were banned, exhausts were moved, flexible bodywork was prohibited, engine mapping mid-season was changed,” said Horner of the steps taken to negate his team’s performance.
“The FIA have the facts and they could quite easily come up with some form of equalisation otherwise I fear the interest will wane.”
Wolff said: “If you come into F1, try to beat each other and perform at the highest level and then you need equalisation after the first race, you cry out after the first race, that’s not how we’ve done things in the past.
“I think ‘Just get your head down, work hard and try to sort it out’.”