F1 | Red Bull, Horner: “Compared to Ferrari and Mercedes, in Q3 we pay in terms of power”

If the Red Bull in qualifying he struggled to keep up with Mercedes e Ferrari, it's because of the Renault power unit. He is firmly convinced of this Chris horner, team principal of the Anglo-Austrian team, who once again focused his attention on the power deficit of the French engine to justify the gap from the very first positions present on Saturday: “To be honest, I think we had a good chassis from the first race. The problem has always been Saturday. If we can improve on Saturday, our races will be competitive" – declared the Englishman. “If we could have something more at the end of Q3 with the peak power, there would be no reason why we shouldn't be able to regularly give Ferrari and Mercedes trouble.”.

In this regard, it is no coincidence that Red Bull, in these first six races of 2018, managed to grab the front row only on the city streets of Monaco, by virtue of the amazing pole position of Daniel Ricciardo.

In the meantime, Montreal promises to be a hot weekend in 2019: as recently stated by Horner himselfIn fact, Red Bull will analyze the performance of the engines with great attention Renault e Honda, so as to understand which path to take for the future from a motoring point of view. “We are waiting with great interest to see the engine performance in Montreal” – Horner admitted.