Horner: “With Max we were within a whisper of achieving the undercut on Bottas”

Published on 28 May 2017 by Niels Hendrix

Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing team principal, says after the Monaco Grand Prix: “A very strong drive by Daniel Ricciardo in the Grand Prix, after feeling slightly frustrated yesterday things went his way today, getting on to the podium in third place. But what really made the race for him were his laps in free air around the pit stop. We’d elected to try for the undercut on (Valtteri) Bottas with Max and we were within a whisper of achieving that, which Valtterri covered. And that in turn gave Daniel free air which he used to great effect, and that was where he obtained the podium finish. Even after surviving a brush with the wall at the re-start after the safety car, he achieved everything possible today.”

“To get both cars to the finish and a podium on merit is a very satisfactory result here in Monaco. The cars took another step forward here in Monaco and we thank the team at ExxonMobil for bringing an engine oil upgrade here for us, another incremental gain in performance, and we now look forward to Montreal. Our congratulations are with Ferrari on winning this Grand Prix again after 16 years.”