Horner after race in Bahrein: 'Confident we can turn things around'

Published on 13 April 2025 by Julien Lemmen

The Oracle Red Bull Racing team clearly did not have the speed in Bahrain. For Max Verstappen, sixth place was the highest possible result, while teammate Yuki Tsunoda crossed the finish line in ninth.

Team principal Christian Horner reflects after the race: "Nothing went our way from the start of the race. We’ve been struggling with two issues this weekend, one a braking issue, and secondly an imbalance issue. When you have these issues tyre degradation is also highlighted more. On top of that we’ve had just a horrible day where we had an issue in the pit gantry that caused a problem with the traffic light. The actual pit-stops were actually quite good, but the electric issues definitely impacted our race. For Max to come away with a P6 and to limit the deficit to Lando Norris this weekend despite the challenges we’ve had is the best we could have hoped for."

Horner continues: "The team are very much focused on developing the car and hopefully over the next few races there are some updates that are introduced that address the issues raised. This race has exposed some pitfalls that we very clearly have that we need to get on top of quickly, we understand where the issues are but introducing the solutions takes a bit longer. We have a strong technical team that has produced some of the best race cars in the world in the past few seasons so I am confident that we can turn things around. As a Team we are focused on analysing and sorting what is possible when we go again in Jeddah in five days' time."