Christian Horner says British GP always a special race for Red Bull
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that a good performance at the British GP means more to the team than other races.
RBR has scored three memorable wins in the British GP. Sebastian Vettel logged the first in 2009, and then Mark Webber followed up with successes in 2010 and 2012.
"Whilst all the Grands Prix carry the same amount of points, some of them mean a bit more," Horner told this website. "Of course the British GP is absolutely one of them. It's our local race, it's the race that the majority of the team are at over the weekend, and it's their only chance to see the cars in action during the course of the year. And it's been a privilege to have won the race three times so far."
"Silverstone is such a fantastic place to win. It's an enthusiastic crowd, such a great track. It's a drivers' circuit. And you've got that feeling of history and heritage as soon as you drive in the place. Everything about it is quintessentially British motor sport."
It's an important venue for Horner personally as well: "I remember going to Silverstone as a kid in the 80s. As soon as I got my driving license it was the first place I went to go and watch an F1 tire test, in the Nigel Mansell days. I can remember queuing up for doughnuts on the outside of Woodcote! I raced there myself, and I live 10 minutes away, so it holds a lot of happy memories for me."
Thus far in 2016 the car's form has varied with the nature of each circuit in terms of downforce levels and the relative significance of pure power. However, Horner is confident that the package will be strong this weekend.
"Silverstone should be similar to Barcelona for us. We're hopeful that we can take the challenge certainly to Ferrari, and get a bit closer to Mercedes. Of course what you don't know is the good old British weather -- it can always rain."
"We know our car will be very, very competitive in the wet, we saw that in the first half of the Austin race last year. I think with the engine progress that we've made recently we should hopefully be reasonably competitive."
