WHERE WERE THE RED BULLS/
W
here were Red Bull at the
Russian Grand Prix? Nowhere,
relative to the pace setting
Ferrari and Mercedes teams, as they
endured one of their most insignificant
performances in a long time.
Second in the 2016 F1 World
Championship for constructors’, this year
they are a distant third in the pecking
order and hinging all their hopes on
Barcelona when they expect a hefty
Renault upgrade and some magic from
Adrian Newey’s drawing board.
Reflecting on the weekend in Russia,
where Max Verstappen finished fifth
and Daniel Ricciardo had a DNF, team
chief Christian Horner said, “It was a real
disappointment to lose Daniel early in the
race with a right rear brake issue, straight
after the safety car restart.”
“We need to understand exactly what
the cause of failure was; the outcome
was similar to that which happened
with Max in Bahrain but it looks like a
different issue, so that needs thorough
exploration.”
“Max drove a strong race, he had
a good start but then he was in only
racing himself in no man’s land; putting
a significant gap to the cars behind but
not being able to keep up with the cars
ahead.”
“So, at a circuit that we know doesn’t
play to our strengths at least we got to
our optimum with Max and hopefully in
Barcelona we can start making progress,”
added Horner.