Christian Horner prefers Honda's 'focus' after working with Renault

Christian Horner has said that he much prefers working with Honda than Renault and that the results this season show that they have been more successful. The Red Bull boss highlighted Honda's focus as the main reason for th eimproved results. 

"The great thing about working with Honda is that they are fully focused on Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso," he said in an interview for fuel and lubricants supplier ExxonMobil.

"Previously, Renault had their own works team - and fuel supplier - and we had to wait in the queue to be able to run that power unit."

"[The] only [reason why] we were able to run the last spec of engine in 2018, which the works team did not, because it worked with ExxonMobil products. It’s a totally different relationship," Horner revealed.

"Honda is pushing ExxonMobil hard and ExxonMobil are coming up with a lot of product variants at the moment. It’s great to see that relationship working as fluidly as it is," he added.

"We are very much involved in discussions about Honda’s development path and what role fuel and engine oil plays within that.

"It’s a triangular partnership between Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Honda and ExxonMobil where everyone is bringing something to the party. It’s very exciting."