After his eighth win of the season last time at the United States Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has brought out a lead of 12 points over main rival Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings.
Mercedes are ahead in the constructors’ championship, but Red Bull reduced the gap to 23 points thanks to a double podium with a 1-3 finish in Austin.
There are still five races to go, starting with two higher venues in Mexico and Brazil, where Red Bull is ahead of Mercedes.
But Red Bull team boss Horner has warned that his team cannot take anything for granted due to the narrow nature of this year’s title fight.
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“I think you’ll have to throw the booklet away,” Horner said.
“It’s very close between the two teams. Mexico was a good track for us, but sometimes it was a good track for them too. So we don’t underestimate them.
“In five races there are still 130 points on the table and we are only 12 points ahead.
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“It’s great to have extended it because with 10 laps to go it looked like we were about to leave behind or two. So the expansion of the lead is a great result and we have some big races ahead of us. “
And Horner insists that Red Bull has to attack every Grand Prix weekend despite Verstappen’s point advantage over Hamilton.
“You have to attack,” he said. “12 points are nothing and can go away very, very quickly, as we saw before.
“So we have to keep attacking the race weekends and get the best out of them. With five to go, the pressure only increases. “
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