Christian Horner, Red Bull Formula 1 boss, claims his team is capable of keeping its dominance of 2023 beyond this season. He believes it will be “impossible” to perform better than this season.
Red Bull won its sixth constructors’ title in Japan with six more races to close the season. This marks another milestone for the Mitlon Keynes squad in F1 record. The team has marked new trophies this season.
Horner, RB team principal, admitted that it was matter of time before the winning streak of the team was over. It did when Verstappen finished on fifth place in Singapore.
Despite team’s effort to win an invincible season, its dream shattered. Nonetheless, Horner wants the team to push “the boundaries” as it will be hard for any team to replicate current season.
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“I think a repeated season like this is, you know, it’s a golden moment for the team,” he said.
“To do better than we’re doing I think it’s impossible. So, I think we’re riding a wave and of course we want to try and ride that wave as long as we can.
“But Formula 1 is a fast-moving business. You see how quickly teams move up, move down. And Singapore if nothing else demonstrates that there can be zero complacency, that we have to keep pushing the boundaries.”
Horner paid tribute to the crew members who provided the team with such a dominant RB19. He believes that car showed no weakness. Its combination with Max Verstappen completed the picture of perfection throughout the season.
“Last year was a very strong year for us,” he added.
“But to have kept that momentum, rolling with the challenges that we’ve had is testimony to all the men and women in the team that have worked tirelessly to produce a car as competitive as we’ve had, that the drivers and particularly Max has been able to make such good use of.”
Additionally, Horner admits that rivals inconsistency also contributed to their success story.
“The field has been moving around behind us. One week it’s McLaren, next week it’s Ferrari, the next week it’s Mercedes,” he added.
“We’ve been 90% consistent at the front of the field and we’ve been fairly limited in the amount of development that we’ve done on the car.
“The regulations are stable, so we have the same gearbox on the car, we have the same chassis largely as last year so an awful lot of is carried over.
“The team has done a great job in efficiently developing the car and reducing the weight. And to maintain this kind of performance across the variance of circuits that we’ve had.”
