After the Miami Grand Prix, where the Red Bull Racing drivers won the winning double, team boss Christian Horner stressed that as long as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez fight on track and keep all the agreements, they can compete.
Christian Horner: “The morning before the Grand Prix I said to our riders: ‘Guys, you can compete with each other, but do it correctly, show mutual respect and think about the interests of the team. As long as you do all this, we’ll make you fight.
I think they clearly fulfilled this goal, stubbornly, but fought correctly. Sergio started on Medium tires and our calculations showed that this rubber would allow him to maintain a higher pace throughout the race. Max, along with his engineers, relied on hard tyres, although this was a less preferred choice.
But from lap 20 to lap 42 he managed to make the hard rubber work incredibly efficiently, and it was just amazing. This allowed him to win.
After the weekend in Baku, Max was not in the best mood, because that weekend his partner was faster, so in Miami Verstappen wanted to express himself loudly again, and if you remember how the mid-stage of the Grand Prix went, he really demonstrated impressive speed .
However, the season is long and the rivals have plenty of time to upgrade their cars. I don’t know if our advantage will continue, we’ll see, but everyone says that Mercedes is preparing a major upgrade package for Imola, and if they can make a second version of the car, things could change soon. . Moreover, Ferrari is also working on new products.
At the same time, our ability to upgrade vehicles this season is somewhat limited due to the penalty imposed on the team, but they continue to work very efficiently and try to use all the resources we have at 100%.
Source: F1 News
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