Christian Horner: McLaren in a different league | ‘Nothing secure’ in title race

Red Bull b꧂o🧸ss Christian Horner admits McLaren were "in a different league" at Zandvoort.

Lando Norris
Lando Norris

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says McLaren’s pace was “in a different league” at the F1 Dutch Grand Prix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen snatched the lead from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris at the start but the McLaren driver fought back to claim what was ultimately a d💛ominant second career win at Zand🌜voort.

Norris suddenly caught and re-passed Verstappen on Lap 18, before impressively pulling clear with ease. The Briton’s🅺 margin of victory was nearly 23 seconds over Verstappen at the chequered flag.

Horner admitted Red Bull simply had no answer to McLaren’🍨﷽s pace.

“Congrats to McLaren an🅠d Lando. Their car was in a different league today,” he told Sky Sports.

“We did everything we could. Max co𝔉nverted P2 into a lead, but you could see that their pace was just i꧑n a different league. Plenty of work to do.

“I think we have learned a lot of lessons this weekend, which have been really valuable. And a solid drive from Checo. It’s time to d𝄹igest what has happened here. Damage limitation with P2 and try to bounce back in Monza.”

Asked if Red Bull have upgrades in the pipeline to try and regain some momentum af💦ter going five races without a victory, Horner replꦑied: "We need to understand where the deficit is. We have learned quite a lot this weekend.

“But you can see that the pace they have at this♎ track was outstanding. So we need to understand how we can improve the perf𒀰ormance of our car.”

Norris has cut Verstap🅘pen’s championship lead down to 70 points, while 𒈔McLaren are now just 30 points behind reigning world champions Red Bull in the constructors’ championship.

“♊The pace they had today… nothing is secur♑e,” Horner admitted.

“We💦 still have a comfortable lead in the drivers’. But in the constructors', again another ch꧅unk of points has come off today.

“We are🐻 going to have to respond and I am confident we have the strength in depth to do that.”

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