Horner fears weather: 'Umbrellas may be needed tomorrow'

Christian Horner is satisfied with the qualification for the Austrian Grand Prix. In the sunshine Max Verstappen was supreme. During the race, the weather can only throw a spanner in the works.

The differences during qualifying were very small, except between Max Verstappen and the rest of the field. Something Christian Horner is clearly pleased with.

"Max has done a great job today. We gave him a good car, a consistent car. All weekend he's done a great job. So we just need to convert this tomorrow. We will see with the weather, but hopefully, we can do that," the team boss told the Ziggo Sport camera.

Weather doubts

The Briton will be slightly less satisfied with the performance of Sergio Perez, who came no further than P5. The Mexican will only start in fourth place due to a grid penalty for Bottas and have to overtake Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton. No easy task for Perez. "We will see that tomorrow. He has to get past Lando quickly, which  I think he will do. Then we need to try to put pressure on Lewis."

"But what we don't know tomorrow is the weather. We have sunshine now, but tomorrow we could be standing here with umbrellas. The trouble in the mountains is that it can change so quickly. It will make it an interesting race," the Red Bull Racing team boss concluded with.