Christian Horner after Russian GP qualifying: 'Reward wasn't worth the risk'

Published on 25 September 2021 by Bryan van Berlo

Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull Racing, reflects after today’s qualifying session fort he Russian Grand Prix: “Obviously we knew Max was going to be starting from the back of the grid and with today’s tricky qualifying conditions, the reward wasn’t worth the risk. So it was just about making sure everything was ready for him tomorrow.”

“Checo will be disappointed to be starting from 9th position, a small mistake on his warmup lap on the slicks in Q3 meant he struggled to generate heat in the tyres and unfortunately missed out on being further up the field.”

“The grid isn’t one anyone would have predicted coming into this weekend, and with dry weather forecast for tomorrow on a track where you can overtake, we could see even more overtaking and a very interesting race.”

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