F1 Hungary Grand Prix: Christian Horner’s unusual answer to “are you being handed this championship?”

Christian Horner initially struggled to answer when asked if Red Bull were being handed the F1 championship by Ferrari's errors.
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13,
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen extended his lead in the 2022 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:standings to 80 points, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, after storming to😼 vi🌠ctory at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.

🐠Verstappen started in 10th but took advantage after Leclerc, who was leading, l𒅌ost pace after switching to hard tyres.

Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell (the podium trio) expressed their shock i♎n the cooldown room that Leclerc was using hards𝐆.

Red Bull team principal Horner was asked onജ the Sky Sports broadcast: “Are you being hand𝄹ed this championship?”

He searcꦗhed for his wor♛ds before joking: “Are we live?”

Horner then ಌsaid: “ꦐI can only focus on our performance.

“We did a great joജb today. We switched our strategy."

Horner: "We have got a chance now" with Leclerc on hard tyres

The podium (L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1, second; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing, race winner; George
The podium (L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1, second; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red…

“We were due to start on the hard tyres," Horner said. "We switched it on the gཧrid to dealꦉ with the ambient conditions.

“Th⭕e soft tyre went much further than we thought. At that point, we committed to a two-stop.

“As soon as we saw Charles go onto the hard tyres, we thought ‘we have got a chanceဣ now’.

“[Sergio Perez] was fantastic on a different strategy. He allowed Max to get onto the back of Charles, to make the pas🅺s."

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