Hitting Ferrari hard on home ground early in the season was sweet for Red Bull...and a significant moment in the F1 2022 title scrap. Christian Horner tells the story:
This left Ferrari already facing questions about implementing team orders to help Leclerc's title bid ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, round four of the season.
Reflecting on the battle with Ferrari, Red Bull chief Horner said he felt the Italian team"had a faster car than us in the early part of the season", but that Imola was an important turning point."Our championship was 21 races because we missed the first one by having a double DNF. We had to stick with them.Motorsport Images
Imola started a sequence of six straight wins for Red Bull, only ending with Carlos Sainz's victory for Ferrari at the British Grand Prix in early July, by which point Verstappen had forged a 43-point buffer over Leclerc in the standings.
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