Horner: “Max was totally dominant and controlled the race”

Published on 30 October 2017 by Niels Hendrix

Christian Horner, team principal of Red Bull Racing, said after the Mexican Grand Prix: “Firstly huge congratulations to Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team, four times world champion; we know how difficult that is to achieve. He’s now the most successful British driver of all time, but today belonged to Max. After a good start he braved it out at the first couple of turns and after some good, close racing he emerged in the lead and from there onwards he was totally dominant and controlled the race to score his third Grand Prix victory quite comfortably.”

“Conversely it was very disappointing for Daniel today, we took the penalty to avoid just that scenario and unfortunately he had what looks like an MGU-H failure. He had managed to get up to P7 before having to retire and for sure would have been on the podium. So that’s our only frustration, but we will certainly savour the moment with Max’s victory here in Mexico City.”