WORK TO DO
M
uch was expected from
the Red Bull upgrades
which were bolted on to
the RB13 for the Spanish Grand
Prix, but it was clear that Daniel
Ricciardo and Max Verstappen
did not have the ammunition
to tackle pace of Ferrari and
Mercedes but team chief
Christian Horner is adamant that
they closed the gap.
Horner said after the race
in Barcelona, “The pace to the
front running cars was pretty
significant, so we still have
plenty to do. But we feel we
have made some progress this
weekend. It has given us a very
clear development direction and
we hope to be able to capitalise
on that in the coming races.”
“If you look at the weekend
as a whole, we have definitely
addressed some of the issues
and definitely made some
progress with the car. I think
Max was unlucky at the start.
He picked the outside, Valtteri
[Bottas] started off a chain
reaction hitting Kimi [Raikkonen]
who bounced into Max.”
“There was a small chance
he was going to come out of that
corner in third, but three-into-
one unfortunately doesn’t go, so
it was a shame to lose Max on
the first lap,” lamented Horner.