Horner: "I think Mercedes expect rain"

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner looks back on a fairly successful qualifying session. Max Verstappen will start the race from third place and Alexander Albon starts in P5.

“We were so close to the front row. It was a good performance for the two drivers today. Mercedes have that advantage in qualifying, we know that. In the race I hope we can give them a tough time," Horner said after qualifying.

“We were only a hundredth of a second behind Bottas, so Verstappen was a bit frustrated. It's so close. I think Alex has done a good job this weekend so far. Hopefully, we can have a strong race tomorrow. We don't know what it will do again," the team boss continues.

"We can see Mercedes have a lot of downforce because they are expecting rain tomorrow, and Daniel has low wing so it will be interesting to see how he goes up the hill," the Briton concludes.