Christian Horner considers Fernando Alonso their major rival – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing team principal, Christian Horner has said that Fernando Alonso of Ferrari is their major rival in 2012 Formula 1 season while he expects a strong fight from other contenders too.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull showed an amazing pace and claimed the pole position in the qualifying of the European Grand Prix held at Valencia Street Circuit in Spain. Moreover, he completely dominated the race and had a lead of 20 seconds when unfortunately
his alternator stopped working. On the other hand, Alonso took an impressive victory after setting off from 11th grid position.
The Spaniard is presently leading the drivers’ championship with 111 points and Horner believes that he is undoubtedly their main rival in the current season. However, the Briton anticipates a strong competition from many other teams which have been making
the considerable advancements.
“The driver, obviously, is Alonso. But there are so many drivers that are in contention and teams as well. I think Formula One has never been so open as it has been [this year], going in to grand prix weekends where there could be eight potential winners,”
said Horner.
In addition, he said that they have been trying their best to make the significant developments and the necessary preparations so as to improve the pace of their car for the forthcoming races in order to defend their championship title.
Besides, he said that they have planned to launch some major updates for the British GP and they hope to see perform well in Silverstone.
“In Valencia the car worked very well, but that was in high temperatures and with a different type of layout. Hopefully the car can be competitive and if we can be competitive at Valencia and Silverstone then the rest of the season looks promising,” he said.
At present, the defending champions are leading the constructors’ championship with 176 points and they are 39 points ahead of McLaren. Over and above, they are undeniably one of the most favourite teams in this year’s championship and it will be very interesting
to see how the season progresses for them.
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