Horner after difficult race in Monza: 'Our performance is a concern'

Published on 01 September 2024 by Coen Versteeg

The Italian Grand Prix was a difficult one for Oracle Red Bull Racing. Max Verstappen came no further than sixth place and teammate Sergio Perez finished P8. Afterwards, Christian Horner, CEO and team principle of Oracle Red Bull Racing, explained the race in Monza.

"Firstly, it’s a great result for Charles at home, so congratulations to him and to Ferrari. We couldn’t have made that one stop work for us today due to our tyre degradation, so for us we got the most of it that we could, and we leave here with a lot of work to do. Our strategy worked to a degree but then we started to get into graining ourselves, so the issues we had yesterday were there in the race again. I thought Max did a good job and did everything he could to get the most out of it and get sixth. Checo, likewise, drove a good race today and I think where we finished was the maximum we were going to get. Obviously, our performance is a concern right now and the whole team is working very hard on it. It looks like a balance problem and there needs to be a fix for it, so the team are working incredibly hard back at the factory to get on top of it. If nothing else, this weekend has really shown where some of our weaknesses are."