Verstappen now the focus of Red Bull

After Daniel Ricciardo’s decision to leave Red Bull in favour of a fresh start at Renault, It left Red Bull with the decision to promote Pierre Gasly to the senior team alongside Verstappen.

With his five Grand Prix wins Verstappen may be the younger of the two but is the more experienced.

"Max is now the experienced one. So the team will be looking towards him more now," Horner said to Dutch publication Formule 1.

Horner also admitted that he still struggles to wrap his head around Ricciardo’s decision to leave the team, even after he and Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz did the best they could to keep him.