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McLaren currently have the overall best car, but on a track that was not Red Bull's forte, the Austrians managed to outpace the Woking-based squad in both qualifying and the race. Christian Horner, Red Bull's team principal and CEO, elaborates.
Speaking to the media after the race, Horner said: "I think it was a solid race for us. I mean, the first stint we pushed pretty hard early on, on the medium tire. The tire then started to open up. So I would say the second stint for us was probably our least competitive stint. We started to open and grain the front left."
Horner doesn't understand why the RB21 was so good in Canada
Despite the weak middle part of the race, the RB21 came alive in the third and final stint, Horner notes. “But then the last stint was very strong and was actually better than Kimi's behind and was pretty much a match to George ahead on five or six lap older tyres. So yeah, I think it was a very solid race for us. Good points today. It was a well-executed race from that perspective.”
Christian Horner and Max Verstappen
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The Red Bull car is known to be adept at fast corners, which the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve does not have any of. Where did their pace come from? “It was unusual. I think we knew that Mercedes would be quicker at this type of circuit. Ferrari didn't really have a great deal of pace in the race. McLaren showed turns of pace, but you could see how hard it was to overtake here.”
Could McLaren's regression have anything to do with the Spanish Grand Prix front wing clampdown? “I think you need a longer sample of races and tracks to see that. But it's certainly been probably McLaren's first race that they haven't had a podium here. So on days like that, you've got to try and capitalise on the points,” Horner said.
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