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Christian Horner said that Red Bull was not “suddenly became idiots overnight” when he was trying to explain why Max Verstappen would like to stay with the team in the middle of speculation connecting the world champion to Mercedes.
The sequence of four titles of successive pilots of Verstappen seems to end this year with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris of McLaren having established a dominant position at the top of the classification as we approach half.
Mercedes’ boss Toto Wolff said on Friday that he was in “conversations” about the attempt to sign Verstappen, despite the Dutch contract with Red Bull until the end of 2028.
Speaking after an unhappy incident at the first blow saw Verstappen withdraw from the Austrian Grand Prix, Horner explained why he thinks that the 27 -year -old would have faith in Red Bull.
He said: “I always believe that we have a deep force in this team.
“Unfortunately, we have not seen the performance we would like. We are at the end of a set of regulations. I think we are compromised by some of the tools we have.
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Protruding facts of an exciting Austrian Grand Prix in the Red Bull ring
“But it is the same fundamental group of people who designed a car 18 months ago that won each bar at Grand Prix. They did not suddenly become idiots overnight.
“You must recognize the excellent work that McLaren does and congratulate them.”
“ Mercedes had their own problems ”
Having publicly courted Verstappen last year after the success of Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes to Ferrari for 2025 was confirmed, Wolff had suggested this year that he no longer pursued the 65 -time winner.
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Addressing Sky Sports, Russell admitted that it was normal for Mercedes to have discussions with other pilots, but is not supported after his strong performance this season
However, Mercedes’ driver George Russell revealed on Thursday that he thought that his own contract extension is delayed because his team assesses their chances of signing Verstappen, Wolff widely accepting that British’s comments were correct.
The other Red Bull driver, Yuki Tsunoda, finishing the last of the cars that finished the race, Horner was asked how the bad result of the team’s home race was in the context of speculation around Verstapun.
He replied: “I think they (Mercedes) had their own problems. They were 62 seconds behind the leader today.
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Toto Wolff revealed that Mercedes was talking to Verstappen, but Russell confirmed that Russell will have a contract with the team next year
“For us, we simply focus on ourselves. We know what is the situation with Max. We know what contracts are with Max, and you know that the rest is all the noise that does not come from here.”
Horner described Tsunoda’s race as “horrible” and admitted that the team would continue to investigate why the recent Verstappen teammates so miserably failed to try to approach its level of performance.
“Yuki had a horrible race,” said Horner.
“Once again, it started to be mistaken for him in the first quarter yesterday. His first round in Q1 was good. Second round, he made a mistake in the first round, then qualified, then ran into traffic, unable to pass, then picks up a penalty. It aggravates things.
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Red Bull Yuki Tsunoda received two penalty points after colliding with Franco Colapinto d’Alpine in the Austrian GP
“Of course, we will seek to see how we can support it, but there is a big delta between the two cars. Of course, internally, we ask all these questions that you undoubtedly ask, in terms of why. Obviously, the car has evolved over the years in a specific direction.
“We will see if we can help Yuki and rebuild his confidence in Silverstone.”
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There was chaos at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix while Kimi Antonelli crashed in Verstappen on the first round
“I hope people will no longer mention it too much” – The Title de Verstappen finished?
After being touched by Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes in the first round on Sunday – an incident which brought back his first retirement in 32 races – Verstappen fell 61 points from the rhythm of the pilot championship.
Verstappen said for several races that it did not have the impression that it was really in the fight for the title of this year given the competitiveness of McLaren. After the harmful result on Sunday, the Dutchman said Sky Sports F1: “I hope people will not mention it too much.
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Antonelli and Verstappen gave their reaction to the opening accident, which brought them out of the Austrian Grand Prix
“We are trying to do our best, always. My mentality does not change. We have won a lot in the past.
“Sometimes you have to accept that you don’t win, and we just try to do our best.”
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