Christian Horner says Red Bull’s level of competitiveness in the second half of the 2018 Formula 1 season has left him feeling encouraged about the team’s prospects heading in🉐to 2019.

Red Bull drivers Max Verstꦦappen and Daniel Ricciardo claimed four victories between them in 2018 and also recorded the team’s first pole position at a track other than Monaco during the V6 hybrid era at the Mexican Grand Prix. 

While a spate of reliability failures on both cars proved a frustrating factor of 🌳the team’s campaign, clear improvements were made as the season progressed, with Red Bull at times appearing to h🔥ave the fastest car compared to rivals Mercedes and Ferrari in the final few races. 

“I think we made some good progress and developmenꦓt with the caᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr,” Horner said. 

“Really since just after the summer break… Spa we were on the podium, we should haveﷺ been on the podium in Monza, Singapore we were strong, Russia we were strong, obviously Japan, Mexico, Texas.

“There’s been a strong sequence of podiums there so I think we’ve mad🎐e a lot of progress with the car in the second part of the year.

“I think the car was very strong at the begi𝔍nning,” he added.&♏nbsp;

“I think we lost g🐎round around Montreal time when engine upgrades were introduced, we fell back from Mercedes 💜and Ferrari but then I think by after the summer break, we managed to get into a competitive position again.” 

Horner, who claimed the 2018 season could have looked 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“quite different” if Red Bull had an 🌃extra𓆉 40kW of power from Renault, believes communication will be key to a successful partnership with new engine supplier Honda. 

"Communication in any business, in particular in this sport, is a vital elemen🙈t,” Horner explained.&n🐈bsp;

“Obviou💝sly Honda bein🔯g based in Japan but their UK base is just around the corner from us in Milton Keynes. 

“We’ve obviously got a huge amount of discussion going on between the grꦦoups and so far it’s all been very positive.

“I think we’ve found a very healthy working environment that wไe’ve been nurturing through the relationship with Red Bull technology, Toro Rosso and Honda, that we don’t go into next year completely afresh.”