“We are very happy,” Christian Horner says Red Bull did a tremendous job in Bahrain GP qualification

“We are very happy,” Christian Horner says Red Bull did a tremendous job in Bahrain GP qualification

Red Bull Racing's Team Principal Christian Horner

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner was extremely pleased by his team’s performance ahead of the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Max Verstappen showed a great pace during the Free Practice sessions ahead of Saturday’s Qualification. But it seems the team have had their cards in place ahead of the season opener

Max Verstappen will start the race P2 behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. While Sergio Perez starts P4, ahead of Carlos Sainz. Both Red Bulls were split by the Ferrari who combined have locked out the first two rows on the Grid.

Horner enjoyed the performance by his team and that they “have done a wonderful job.” Although Ferrari looks in great shape to win the race, Horner says the team haven’t shown their race pace and the new regulations will play a big part in how the race unfolds.

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Christian Horner predicts the race will be “very close”

Christian Horner
Christian Horner

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came on top as the Pole sitter for the first race weekender of the 2022 season. He set a time of 1:30.558 and took the first spot ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who will start the race P2. Horner reflected on his team’s performance in the qualification in his post-race interview.

Horner said, “With a completely new car and new regulations, to be on the front row, we are very, very happy with where both cars have qualified. We put a lot of effort into last year, we were late coming onto this car, and I think the team have done a wonderful job.”

Regarding the competition with Ferrari, he added, “With such a clean sheet of regulations, everything is different, but the times are so close, so it’s going to be a great race. We don’t really know how strong the long-run pace of Ferrari is, we’ve also got more to find out about ourselves and it’s only going to be when the lights go out tomorrow that we’ll see what kind of shape we are in.”

All eyes will be on the race on Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. While Max Verstappen looks aims to begin his title defence with a Win. The Bahrain Grand Prix is scheduled on Sunday, March 20 at 15:00 hours GMT.

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