Red Bull sees Imola as a turning point in F1 2022: “Ferrari couldn’t breathe”

Red Bull boss Christian Horner assessed that the first 1-2 of the season put Ferrari “against the wall”, at a time when the Bulls were still battling over the reliability of the RB18

The 2022 season of Formula 1 it didn’t start easy for Red Bull, which suffered from reliability problems and even sat out two of the first three races of the year. Nonetheless, Christian Horner – head of the bulls – see the GP of Emilia Romagna as the turning point of the championship. According to the Briton, the dominant weekend of the Austrian team in Imola pressed the Ferrariwhich was no longer able to recover in the standings until the end of 2022.

“We never lost sight of our goals,” Horner said. “When we went to Imola, we won the sprint race and got our first 1-2 of the year in the race. That put the pressure back on Ferrari and gave them no room to breathe,” he stressed. out.

Horner was keen to point out that the level of competitiveness between the two teams was much closer at the start of the year, but underlined the ability to Max Verstappen to solve the races. Also, the British appreciated the work of engineers who managed to make the car lighter and, accordingly, faster.

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“So we efficiently continued to develop the car, we managed to lose some weight and Max [Verstappen] it has been sensational this year,” he underlined. “You can remember some races where everything was very close with Ferrari, such as Miami, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain,” he underlined.

Finally, Christian wanted to praise the season of Charles Leclerc, who managed to win three races in 2022 – Bahrain, Australia and Austria – to secure second place in the Drivers’ Championship, just three points ahead of Sergio Pérez. After a chaotic battle with Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in 2021, Horner highlighted the clear-cut battles between the Monegasque and the Red Bull drivers.

“It’s been an incredible season for us, and it’s all thanks to Charles [Leclerc] for the season he’s had,” congratulated Horner. “He was a great competitor, and he raced our two riders cleanly,” he concluded.

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