Horner after qualifying Melbourne: 'Just out of reach'

Published on 09 April 2022 by

Christian Horner, Oracle Red Bull Racing team principal, is satisfied after today’s qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen qualified in second place, with Sergio Perez just behind him in P3.

“That was a great performance by both our drivers. At certain points they both looked like they may be able to steal pole, but Charles put in a great lap and it was just out of reach for us, but we’ll come back and try to beat them tomorrow. Max’s lock up cost him about three-tenths and Checo had a small d-rate on his first lap and carried an extra tenth of fuel as well, because he wanted to do three laps, but we are still on the front row and P3, so we’ll take that.

Horner has a positive mindset about tomorrow’s race: “I still think under higher fuel we will be in better shape, and with these DRS zones it could be a really interesting race.”

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