Horner expects lots of incidents in Austria after seven months of silence

When the Austrian Grand Prix takes place on July 5th, the drivers have not raced outside the virtual world for more than seven months. Christian Horner expects that this accumulated energy will have to come out in a certain way. Something that can lead to a boisterous first race.

“This is probably the longest time all the drivers have been out of a seat,” Horner says in an interview with The Guardian. “That could be healthy in a way. If we begin again in July, they will all be rusty as hell and there will be some incidents.”

Horner does have more time for his family now, but he says he misses racing and all the activities around it too. The team boss of Red Bull Racing was once a driver himself (he made it to Formula 3000) and he says he hasn't been on a circuit for that long since he was 12 years old.

“You remain itching to get going,” says a frustrated Horner. “The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing. It is unnatural for drivers and team members to be sitting on their hands when we would usually be racing.”