How Red Bull went from ‘nowhere’ to win: Imola turnaround explained
Christian H🃏orner has shed light on how Red Bull turned things around following a di🌜fficult Friday at Imola.
Christian Horner says a “big dive” on Friday evening ultimately paved the way for Red Bull’s impressive turnaround at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Red Bull experienced their most difficult Friday of the season at Imola, with both 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez struggling with the balance of ꦉtheir RB20꧅ cars and ending the day off the pace in both practice sessions.
However, on Saturday, Verstappen was able to edge both McLaren drivers to pole position, before holding off a charging 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris to record his fifth victory in sev🍬en races this season.
Speaking to media including after Sunday’s race, Horner credited former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi for his 🎀help in improving the team’s fortunes through his work on the ꧒simulator.
Asked what was the key to Red Bull’s turnaround, Horner replied: “Sebastien Buemi. We did a lot of work on set-up on Friday into Saturday to move tꦓhe balance and get the balance📖 into a much better window.
“As I say, for 60 pe🎃rcent of the race we were anywhere between six and eight seconds clear of the rest. It w🌌as just the second half of the stint on the hard tyre, we started to give away performance.”
Horner went on to explain: “I🍰t was a big div🐬e and that’s why you must never underestimate the broader team in the factory, the simulator drivers.
“Credit where credit is due, the essence of team is 🔯being able to respond when things aren’t going well and we managed to turn it around.
“If you expected ✨this result on Friday, all of the analysis would have said no way but we managed to turn it a♓round and win the race.”
After claiming a record-tying eighth consecutive pole on Saturday, 🃏Verstappen described Red Bull’s turnaround as “one of the best” he has ever experienced in F1.
"Friday we were nowhere in the long runs,” Verst🏅app🍸en said. “I had no good feeling at all.
“Even on Saturday morning, we tried another long run and that was also severely off, so not happy at all. But the🥂n I think already going into qualifying, the car fel🐬t a lot better.
“So I knew that today was going to be better, but I had no clue how much better.♉”
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