Horner after qualifying in Bahrain: 'We will come back fighting tomorrow

Published on 12 April 2025 by Yvonne Huijs

Max Verstappen will start seventh in tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix. During qualifying, the reigning world champion was unable to fight for the top positions. Teammate Yuki Tsunoda will start from tenth. 

Christian Horner, CEO and Team Principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, said: "Yuki made some good progress from practice and step by step is finding more pace in the car. He did a good job to make Q3. Max struggled with balance and as he said, was fighting through most of Quali. But, the positive is, both cars made it into Q3. It feels like some time since we have been able to say that. We would like to be higher up the grid than P7 and P10 but as is the case this season, it’s close and we have an opportunity to race well from our starting positions tomorrow. However there is still a lot to understand from today, on both sides of the garage, so we will take a look and come back fighting tomorrow."

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