Christian Horner admits Red Bull pushing flat out in 2024 after four winless races in a row

Red Bull had started the 2024 season off in a great fashion by winning multiple races dominantly. However, Milton Keynes lost out on a major performance mid-way through the season and started losing. Hence, the team has continued to work on the issues to improve performance in the latter half of the season. Christian Horner has put forth the team’s work on the mediocre chassis performance.

Max Verstappen continued to be vocal regarding the issues in the chassis throughout the season. The Dutchman had noted previously that the team was working ‘flat out’ on the issues in the RB20.

Subsequently, Christian Horner reiterated the team was continuing the work to fix the issues. Additionally, the Red Bull boss added that the learnings in the 2024 season would be crucial for the coming season as well.

No, the whole team is still working flat out on this car, because with stable regulations, whatever we learn now is relevant to next year anyway.

Apart from this, Horner reflected on the initial half of the 2024 season and Red Bull’s performance. The team boss reckoned that Milton Keynes scored seven race wins and multiple sprint races. Additionally, the Austrian constructor continued to lead both the championships. Hence, all was not lost for the team by the summer break.

If you reflect on the first part of the year now, we're over half distance, we've won seven grands prix, we've won two or three sprint races, we're leading both championships.

Christian Horner claims Red Bull’s championship lead ‘diminished’ over the race weekends

McLaren has surfaced as the most capable team on the grid amidst their major performance improvement. The gap to Red Bull in the championship is continuing to diminish. Hence, Horner recalled this fact and reckoned that Milton Keynes was still focused on maintaining the lead in the championship.

But over recent weeks, that constructors’ lead has diminished somewhat, and that's where our focus is.

Red Bull is constantly under threat from multiple teams for championship contention. The competition has bunched up closely at the forefront amidst the struggles. Hence, the remainder of the season will witness multiple contingencies for the teams present on the grid, especially Milton Keynes.

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