News Details

Red Bull 'surprised' rivals avoided Verstappen tyre strategy

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said he was surprised rival teams dismissed in qualifying the hard tyre strategy that helped Max Verstappen trounce Mercedes' drivers at Silverstone. Verstappen opted to run Pirelli's white-rimmed hard compound in Q2 while every other top-ten team relied on the medium rubber to make the Q3 cut. Verstappen was thus an outlier of sorts on the grid, but the hard-to-medium-to-hard combo worked to perfection for the 22-year-old who secured his ninth career win at Silverstone. Speaking to Sky F1 immediately after Sunday's race, Horner admitted it had been an "amazing performance" from Verstappen. "I mean, the pace in the race was beyond what we...
Full Story »
5y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Todt: Maybe Perez could have avoided positive test

FIA president Jean Todt believes Sergio Perez could possibly have...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Horner surprised by Mercedes strategy

Time and time again we are told that there are no points on Saturday only...
5y ago from Pitpass.com

Leclerc not 'surprised' by Ferrari pace in qualifying

Charles Leclerc was anything but surprised by the performance in...
5y ago from F1i.com

Ricciardo: "It's gonna be a very lonely race for...

The top ten for Silverstone's second Grand Prix almost all start on the...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ryan Hunter-Reay joins Arrow McLaren for 2026 Indy 500

Arrow McLaren has announced that veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay will join the...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

RLL locks in Louis Foster with extended IndyCar...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced an extension to its contract...

AJ Foyt Racing expands veteran support program to full...

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that its successful Homes For Our Troops...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg lands factory Toyota Rally1 drive

We called it after Oliver Solberg clinched his WRC2 title in Chile....

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'We're talking about…': Arsenal player opens up...

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has been linked with a move away from the...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal, Liverpool join auction for star with just 452...

Real Madrid attacker Rodrygo Goes has been linked with a move away from...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba accepts challenge set by...

Chelsea icon Didier Drogba has accepted a challenge set by Arsenal legend...
13h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Report: Arsenal ready to sell star to Euro giants if...

Arsenal would reportedly be ready to sanction the surprise sale of...
14h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.