Christian Horner remains optimistic about Red Bull’s chances of catching Fernando Alonso, despite the Spaniard’s continued high scoring rate.
“The second half of the year is going to be again full on,” said Horner after the German GP. “I think there’s going to be a lot of good racing. Fernando’s finished all the races in the points, he’s won three races now, he’s got a 34 point lead.
“But that isn’t insurmountable with 25 points for a win. It’s important that we get both of our guys regularly beating him. We’ve got an opportunity hopefully next weekend in Hungary.
“He’s been driving incredibly well, he’s hit a purple patch of form at this point of the year. But we’ll be looking to put as much pressure as we can on in the second half of the year, which obviously starts next weekend. He’s driving very well, the car is obviously come on in leaps and bounds, but there’s an awful lot of racing to be done between now and the chequered flag in Brazil.”
Horner says that McLaren cannot be discounted: “I don’t think you can write-off anybody in this championship. People were saying Jenson’s had a bad run, he drove a great race today.
“I think it would be unwise to write off any of the top six guys at the moment, because things can change and change rapidly, it only takes a couple of DNFs for Fernando or any of the front guys and the picture can change very quickly if you string together a bit of form.”
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