“The next two race weekends for us are about damage limitation”: Christian Horner

“The next two race weekends for us are about damage limitation”: Christian Horner

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After the 2021 F1 summer break, it seems like Red Bull and Max Verstappen have been the more dominant force. But as the action moves away from the Dutch Grand Prix, Christian Horner feels that the next couple of chapters shall favor Mercedes more than the Austrian team. 

Given that the tracks in Formula 1 often suit teams and their strategies, Horner feels the next two race weekends for Red Bull are going to be about damage limitation than anything else. So, does that mean Red Bull Racing are going to focus upon fetching as many points as they can comfortably? Or will they challenge Hamilton and Mercedes? 

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“Their car and engine package has always been historically very strong at those two venues and they have been weaker venues for us,” assessed Christian Horner as quoted by GPFans. “I expect them to have the advantage at the next two but, thereafter, it should be nip and tuck, I would certainly hope. The next two weekends for us are about trying to limit the damage as much as we can and extract from the car as much as we can.” 

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Horner added, “Going into Monza, Monza wings [low-downforce spec] as all drivers and cars will have, but we are getting to the end of the cycle with this car now. If there are marginal gains in any particular area, you have to go for them.” 

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Having said that, Max Verstappen heads into the race at Monza with a slender three-point advantage, while Red Bull is 12 adrift of Mercedes in the constructors’ standings. 

“It is massively tight, isn’t it?” suggested Horner. “There are going to be circuits that suit Mercedes and circuits that suit us over the next phase of this championship. We have to make sure we grab every opportunity.”

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