Horner concedes British GP did not deliver "the result we were looking for"
On the back of a tough afternoon at the British Grand Prix, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner conceded that the Silverstone race did not deliver "the result we were looking for."
Having set the quickest time in qualifying at the British Grand Prix, Max Verstappen led off the line, but lost the lead early on to McLaren rival Oscar Piastri.
The Dutchman looked to struggle much in a car that had been set-up to be fast down the straights. That lack of downforce cost him in the wet as he was unable to stay with Piastri after having lost the lead.
At the second safety car restart, Verstappen lost the rear end of his Red Bull, and spun at the exit of Stowe. His mistake saw him drop to P10, and he initially struggled to make any progress. However, he looked more comfortable in his RB21 when the track started to dry, and managed to climb back to fifth at the flag.
His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda started from P12 on the grid, and he never really looked able to make quick progress from there. In fact, the Japanese driver tagged the Haas of Oliver Bearman into a spin for which he was handed a 10-second time penalty, and wound up coming home last of the runners.
“Well, the race was exciting, it always is in those conditions. For us, we took a bit of a gamble with the weather, expecting a dry race and obviously when you have very low downforce in those conditions it is next to impossible.
"I think Max did really well, he stuck with it and he got unlucky at the restart. I’m not sure what happened with Oscar, but it put Max on the wrong part of the track and then he had the spin which put him down in the order.
"Once the circuit started to dry up, he managed to pick his way through the pack and it was a good recovery to P5. For Yuki, again it was a tough race.
"He couldn’t get the pace and then the penalty, once again, left him in a hole that was unrecoverable. Not the result we were looking for but well done today to Nico Hulkenberg for finally making it onto the podium.”
