Horner still ambitious: "We have to take up the challenge with Mercedes"

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is still convinced that his team and Max Verstappen can take on the challenge with the dominant Mercedes, he acknowledged at the team press conference. To the question whether he is afraid that Verstappen will leave in the absence of a result, he gives an evasive answer.

In the first free practice session of the British Grand Prix Verstappen was more than four tenths ahead of his big competitor in battle for the world title. On the World Championship ranking it is Lewis Hamilton who does the service. With 33 points ahead of Verstappen, he is now thirty points behind the front runner.