Red Bull boss Christian Horner reiterated that he is wary of the Mercedes threat after their strong performances in recent times. The W13's race pace has improved greatly in recent stages since the Azerbaijan GP, after which Sir Lewis Hamilton looked very uncomfortable due to his back.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner reiterated that he is wary of the Mercedes threat after their strong performances in recent times. The W13's race pace has improved greatly in recent stages since the Azerbaijan GP, after which Sir Lewis Hamilton looked very uncomfortable due to his back.
Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc have taken the last four wins, but Mercedes has been on the podium in all four races - George Russell finished third in Baku before Hamilton achieved the same result in Canada, Silverstone and Austria .
Although the German team had to take advantage of some misfortune from Red Bull and Ferrari to get their seven podium appearances in 2022, their overall race pace, especially in Britain-Britain, is now increasing, and the smooth surface of the Paul Ricard track next weekend will be conducive for the team to ride its lower car and put up another strong showing.
"We expect they will be very fast there," Horner predicted. "They have been very strong in the last two races and there has been no sign of any quits, they seem to be slowly getting back into the game."