Horner after victory in China: 'A phenomenal weekend for the team'

Published on 21 April 2024 by Julien Lemmen

Max Verstappen won the Chinese Grand Prix in convincing fashion, 15 years after the Oracle Red Bull Racing team scored its very first victory at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Team principal Christian Horner is more than happy with the weekend, in which Verstappen won both the sprint race, and the Grand Prix: "It was a phenomenal weekend for the team, 117 wins and 15 years since our first victory here marks a very big moment for us and one I am very proud of on a personal level. We are very happy with the progress.  Max has just been fantastic, all season long and again with Checo on the podium sums up a great all round performance. We were on an aggressive two stop and we were a little unlucky with the safety car which played into Lando and Charles favour, but that's the way it goes sometimes. So they got a free stop and were able to jump Checo on track. He managed to pass Charles but unfortunately, he didn’t have enough to catch Lando. Maybe we took a bit too much out tyres early on, but it was a great drive by both drivers and a great race by the whole team."

Horner continues: "The pit crew were on their game today with the double stack and that is a measure of the tone set by the team in general, everyone continues to fire on all cylinders both here and back at home in Milton Keynes. I would also like to thank Exxon Mobil for their continued support and congratulate them on 50 years of Mobil 1. We literally would not be able to get out of the gate without them!"