Horner has a request for Perez: 'Important we do this as a team'

Christian Horner saw Red Bull Racing make an excellent recovery after a less than expected Friday. Max Verstappen first won the sprint race and then flew convincingly to pole position a few hours later, with Serigo Perez right behind. The Austrian racing stable's team principal hopes to score a one-two on Sunday.

Red Bull made the necessary adjustments to the car prior to qualifying. The result was pleasing. "Well, we made some changes for qualifying and the car reacted well to them, Max did an outstanding job, and Checo as well securing that front row and our 100th pole position so big day for the team today," Horner told Viaplay.

The Milton Keynes-based team want to further widen the gap towards Ferrari in the constructors' championship and so Horner wants to score maximum points. "Tomorrow is a different day, we'll see what the weather does but we'll just enjoy today for now you, victory this morning, pole position in the afternoon and a front-row lockout doesn't doesn't get better than that," said the Briton with a big smile on his face.

Verstappen vs Perez in Shanghai?

Asked if he thinks Perez will fight with Verstappen for victory in the Chinese Grand Prix tomorrow, Horner replied, "Yes, for sure he's going to try and drop the clutch quicker than his teammate," referring to the start. "it’s important that we work as a team through that first sequence of corners."