Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that Daniel Ricciardo's victory in the Canadian Grand Prix shows that the decision to promote the Australian from Toro Rosso was correct. Ricciardo made his debut with HRT in 2011 before moving to Toro Rosso for 2012 and 2013. Following Mark Webber's retirement, Red Bull opted to promote Ricciardo to Red Bull. "It's fantastic testimony to the junior programme that we're discovering young talent on merit like Sebastian Vettel and like Daniel," he said. "All credit to Red […]

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admits that his outfit heads to next weekend's Canadian Grand Prix wary of the challenges presented by the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The emphasis on top speed has meant that Red Bull do not traditionally run well at the track, with Sebastian Vettel's win in 2013 being their sole success at the circuit. "Montreal is going to be a challenging race for us and it will be interesting to see how we perform there," he said. "Obviously Renault will be […]

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has asserted that the reigning world champions can take the fight to Mercedes in the 2014 championship. Mercedes has claimed four successive pole positions and wins in 2014 and leads Red Bull by 97 points in the constructors' championship. But Horner remains confident that Red Bull can catch Mercedes once they resolves their issues with the RB10. "We've got to [resolve issues] if we're going to make a championship of it," he told Sky Sports. "We've got to take […]

Reigning world champions Red Bull will learn on Tuesday whether they have been successful in their appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's exclusion from the Australian Grand Prix. Ricciardo finished the race in second place but was disqualified after stewards discovered that his RB10 had exceeded the fuel flow limit across the duration of the race. Several teams sent representatives to the court hearing in Paris on Monday and Paul Harris QC, representing Mercedes, urged the FIA to enforce harsher sanctions on Red Bull, citing the example […]

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that the reigning world champions have a strong case as they prepare for the hearing into Daniel Ricciardo's exclusion from the Australian Grand Prix next week. Ricciardo was disqualified from second place at his home event for exceeding the fuel flow rate limit according to the FIA sensor, although Red Bull claims the sensors provided by the sport's governing body were inaccurate. The case will be heard at the FIA's International Court of Appeal in Paris on Monday. […]

Toto Wolff on team orders, Christian Horner on saving money and Claire Williams defends the new sound of Formula 1 in Friday's Team Principals' Press Conference. TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Eric BOULLIER (McLaren), Rob WHITE (Renault Sport F1), Stefano DOMENICALI (Ferrari), Claire WILLIAMS (Williams), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE A very interesting first day’s running. I’ll start with you Christian, as the defending world champion team. I guess given where you were two weeks ago in the winter testing, you must […]

Red Bull boss Christian Horner is predicting an all-Mercedes silver duel for the 2014 title. "Lewis (Hamilton) and Nico (Rosberg) -- who else is there?" he is quoted by the Times after a disastrous winter for reigning quadruple world champions Red Bull. Horner may not sound confident about Red Bull's chances with its struggling Renault-powered RB10, but he is not writing off the Milton Keynes based team. "If people write us off, that's their choice," he said. Horner insisted Red Bull is "up for the […]

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel has conceded that Red Bull is not the team to beat ahead of next weekend's Australian Grand Prix. Red Bull has endured a problematic pre-season testing programme with its RB10 as overheating problems and issues with the Renault power unit restricted its running. Vettel echoed comments made by team principal Christian Horner, who admits that Red Bull is not in a position to challenge Mercedes. "It’s great to be starting the season next week," said Vettel. "We didn’t do as […]

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says that the team's RB10 needs pace and reliability ahead of next weekend's season-opening round in Australia. The team has struggled during pre-season testing as reliability issues have put the reigning world champions on the back foot. "After testing we quite clearly have a car which doesn't have the ultimate pace, and doesn't have the reliability," he told The Telegraph. "So they are fairly two fundamental factors that we need to get on top of." "Pre-season hasn't gone anywhere […]