Horner: "Everyone will eventually sign the Concorde Agreement"
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The deadline for the Concorde Agreement is 12 August. On that day, all teams must have signed the agreement, as the FIA has already indicated that they will not postpone the deadline any further. Several teams have already indicated that they will sign the agreement, but Mercedes has just decided to wait and see. According to Christian Horner, team boss of Red Bull Racing, that statement doesn't matter much.
"I think all teams will really sign at some point, I expect it all to become clear in the next few days," Horner explains to Autosport. "This is already the third time we have gone through this process. You have to look at the full picture because we have to make sure Liberty can add as much interest to the sport as possible".
More clear in the coming days
"Ultimately, interest in the sport has to grow, so that the teams and everyone involved will benefit from it," Horner explains. "I think teams need to see it globally because you'll never get everything you want". Mercedes had previously indicated that they do not agree with the agreement because the current proposal has too many adverse effects on the German team.
"What the agreement says is secret and what it says only the teams and the FOM know". Although the deadline is already a few days away, Horner does expect everything to fall into place in the next few days. "I'm sure everything will be completed in the next few days", Horner concludes.