Christian Horner downplays crisis rumors following Red Bull’s tough Bahrain weekend, promising technical fixes and improved performance in upcoming races.
Christian Horner, the team principal of Red Bull Racing, has rejected claims that the discussions between the team’s leadership following the Bahrain Grand Prix should be labeled a “crisis meeting.”
Red Bull faced a challenging weekend with brake issues and overheating problems, causing both of the team’s cars to finish in 6th and 9th positions, respectively. This led to a meeting involving Horner, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko, Technical Director Pierre Waché, and Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan.
The discussion reportedly focused on the limitations of the RB21 car, which contributed to the difficulties experienced by Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda.
However, Horner strongly denied that Red Bull’s current situation was a crisis, suggesting that the conversation in Bahrain was blown out of proportion.
“If you sit down with your engineers to discuss the race, I wouldn’t describe that as a crisis meeting; we have lots of discussions,” Horner explained. “The so-called ‘crisis’ was simply a post-race debrief after Bahrain. You sit down and address these issues logically. There are always technical solutions to technical problems.”
“There’s no crisis. We’re not where we want to be; we’re working on the issues with the car, and the whole team is working tirelessly. We understand the problems, and we’ll be introducing a series of improvements in the upcoming races to address some of these weaknesses.”
Red Bull started last season by dominating the competition, but issues with car development led to a noticeable mid-season slump. Despite this, Horner emphasized that the current regulatory changes had played a role in the team’s performance drop.
“The benefit of stable regulations like this is convergence—every team is now doing a great job,” he said. “You can see how much faster we were in previous years, but now all teams, especially the top teams, have caught up. There’s no bad team in Formula 1.”
“Our car has weaknesses, and the margins are so tight. If you listen to Max’s comments, when he’s not confident in the car through corners, the instability issues can cost tenths or even hundredths of a second, which can translate to several positions on such a tight grid.”
“We know that once we correct these issues, the performance will follow.”
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