Horner after Russian Grand Prix: "Max drove a strong race"

Published on 30 April 2017 by Julien Lemmen

Red Bull Racing didn't have a lot to celebrate in Russia, with a 5th place finish for Max Verstappen and a retirement for Daniel Ricciardo. Team Principal Christian Horner comments after the race: “Firstly, congratulations to Valtteri Bottas on his first grand prix victory, a great win for him. For us, 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 today, 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 some progress.”