Red Bull Racing is known for often opting for an alternative strategy for Sunday's race. That way they try to attack the Mercedes. At Silverstone that proved to work well again, as they managed to win the race with the alternative strategy. Christian Horner is satisfied with how the team handles the strategies.
"It's now part of our DNA that we're prepared to take risks. We are prepared to stick our head out of the window sometimes," Horner explains to Formula1.com. "It's not just the strategy department, it's the whole team." According to Horner it is clever that Red Bull performs so well without having the best car.
Not the fastest car
"The whole team is doing an amazing job, particularly trackside, because we don't have the fastest car at the moment. That's why the team has proved itself time and time again to be able to adapt, to be quick-thinking". The team has proven themselves in several areas, such as the fast times at the pit stops and the speed with which they were able to repair Max Verstappen's car.
"I think strategically we've been sharp this year". That they are strategically strong has already been proven in previous races this season. "We could have won the first race in Austria with the strategy there. In Hungary we managed to split the Mercedes and at Silverstone we took the decision to qualify on the hardest tyre", Horner said.