Horner: "Sixth and seventh are disappointing positions to end our 300th race"
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Christian Horner felt a lot of different emotions during the Turkish Grand Prix. He saw his drivers doing beautiful things, but he also saw that they were having a very difficult time on the slippery asphalt.
The team boss said the following about the race on the Red Bull website. “In conditions that we felt strong in all weekend we fell short in an incredibly challenging race. Max and Alex both lost out after a very slippery getaway on extreme wet tyres, with both dropping back into the pack emerging fourth and fifth at the end of the first lap," Horner said.
Tyre problems
"We were able to get the jump on Seb after the first pit stop, giving Max track position and enabling him to close up and attack Sergio. Max struggled to make a move without DRS at that stage of the race and got too close to Sergio in his wake and had a spin. We were then forced to pit him for new intermediate tyres putting him on the back foot and well down the order," he added.
"Alex then took on the challenge and was quicker than the two Racing Points ahead before also experiencing tyre issues and a spin which saw us pit him earlier than we would have liked and from there on both drivers were well down the order. Sixth and seventh are disappointing positions to end our 300th race at a weekend that held so much promise but congratulations must go to Lewis for achieving his record-equaling seventh world title in truly impressive style out there today," said the team principal .