Christian Horner after Styrian GP: 'Now seeing culmination of hard work'

Published on 27 June 2021 by Bryan van Berlo

Christian Horner, team principal of Red Bull Racing, reflects after today’s Styrian Grand Prix: “It’s been a great day and to win at our home track, secure four back-to-back wins and a 10th victory with Honda is a real achievement. It was a clinical drive from Max who managed the race out front so well. I believe it has been our strongest race of the season so far and for the first time this year Max managed to open out a bit of a gap to Lewis and put some fresh air between them.“

“It was a real shame for Checo as he deserved a podium today but losing a small amount of time in the pit stop unfortunately put him out just behind Bottas. We pulled the trigger on a two-stop and Checo did a great job to hunt Valtteri down in the closing stages but needed just one more lap to finish the job.”

“The motivation is sky high in Milton Keynes and the team is performing at an incredible level, particularly given the difficulties everyone has faced during the pandemic. We are now seeing the culmination of that hard work on the chassis and power unit side and the great harmony we have within the team and our driver pairing.”