Christian Horner admits Red Bull and Max Verstappen were 'on the ropes' in the MonacoGP before Fernando Alonso made the mistake of taking on new slick tyres. F1
Christian Horner says Red Bull was"on the ropes" in the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix before Fernando Alonso's slick tyre gamble eased the pressure on winner Max Verstappen.Polesitter Verstappen had built a comfortable lead over second-placed Alonso, but with rain looming the Aston Martin driver enjoyed a strategic advantage by starting on the hard tyre, while Verstappen began to struggle on worn mediums.
According to Horner, Verstappen's pitstop came one lap too late, but Alonso's gamble to bolt on a new set of mediums instead of intermediates immediately backfired and relieved the pressure on the Dutchman as he survived a scare at Portier to take the win."We knew coming into this weekend, this was going to be our biggest challenge in the first half of the year and the low-speed nature was playing to their strengths.
"But thankfully, he picked the slick tyre just as the rain was going. At that point, it's like: 'Max don't take any risks, just get it to the pits." "There's a lot of trust between the two of them and that relationship between engineer and driver is so unique," he explained.
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