Horner proud of Verstappen: 'He stays true to his principles'

Red Bull Racing have a good chance of winning the World Championship this season. For now Max Verstappen is in first place with a twelve point lead, but Christian Horner knows better than anyone how important the final races are.

The team boss of the Austrian racing stable won the World Championship four times with Sebastian Vettel. Eleven years ago, the German took the first world title, which Horner looks back on with Motorsport-total.com.

Horner sees the similarities between Vettel and Verstappen's situations, although he stresses that both drivers are in a completely different season. "It feels different. In Sebastian's championship we had a great car, but we also had reliability problems time and time again," the team boss explained.

Battle between Hamilton and Verstappen

About Verstappen, he is mostly satisfied for now. "With Max it's so close between two drivers who haven't given each other anything since the first race in Bahrain. It's an intense fight between them two and I think Max is doing it all in a very good way. This is his first time in this situation in Formula 1, but he stays true to his principles in the way he races."