News Details

"Conservative" engine mode hurt Red Bull in Brazil

Red Bull says that a combination of track characteristics and being forced to run conservative engine modes were to blame for its failure to challenge Mercedes and Ferrari in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Although the Milton Keynes-based team had won two of the four grands prix before Brazil, and been on the pace in practice and qualifying at Interlagos, it could do nothing to mix it at the front in the race. But after a run of reliability problems for Renault, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said that his outfit's efforts were not helped by it needing to wind down its power unit to ensure it did not hit problems. When asked by Motorsport.com to explain why Red Bull's pace in the Brazilian GP...
Full Story »
7y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Horner: Red Bull sacrificed speed for reliability at...

Red Bull Formula 1 chief Christian Horner says the team had to sacrifice...
7y ago from Crash.net

Horner realistic over F1's future, predicts Ferrari...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that he would love Formula 1 to go...
7y ago from F1i.com

Horner not keen on scrapping Friday practice

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has questioned the proposal to condense a...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Horner: Alonso almost joined Red Bull

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed that the team were 'very...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo fastest in final Assen MotoGP practice

Fabio Quartararo leads the way after posting the fastest time in the...

Marc Marquez secures Assen MotoGP Sprint victory

Marc Marquez secured an impressive MotoGP Sprint race victory in Assen...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...

Malukas’ recovery drive secures Foyt’s best team...

During Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America, David Malukas was the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ott Tanak tames rough Acropolis Rally Greece

Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja ended a rough, puncture-riddled opening day...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Thierry Henry’s old comment about Nicolas Jackson...

Thierry Henry's old comments on Nicolas Jackson have resurfaced amid...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Marcus Rashford rejects Chelsea and 2 other Premier...

Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford has reportedly declined offers...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

‘His priority is Arsenal' – Fabrizio...

Liverpool’s interest in Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres has been...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Premier League club initiate contact to sign...

Sunderland are eyeing a move for former Arsenal midfielder Matteo...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.