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All not lost, ensures Horner
19 June 2009Christian Horner is determined never to give up as long as championship victory is mathematically possible this season. The Englishman, team principal of Red Bull Racing, currently sees his squad 39.5 points behind leaders Brawn, but vows that 'it ain't over 'till it's over'.
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| Red Bull Racing celebrated its first victory in China this season |
With the current points situation in mind, Red Bull could score one-two results in comparison with a non-scoring Brawn in the next two Grands Prix and still be trailing the leaders by 3.5 points; with seven races down in 2009 and ten to go - including Silverstone this weekend - there is no denying that the task of catching Brawn is a tough one, although, for Horner, this is no reason for backing off.
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| Sebastian Vettel remains the closest challenger to Brawn |
"I think we've had a strong start to the year - certainly compared with twelve months ago we've had an excellent run," Crash.net Radio was told the Red Bull team principal, whose squad had scored 21 points and was fourth in the constructors' standings after as the same amount of races last year. "We've had six podiums in seven races, we've achieved our first win and we've had two pole positions. Obviously, we're the only team to have broken the Brawn domination and there's also a feeling that it could have been better; had circumstances worked out in Bahrain and Barcelona with KERS traffic, we could have really challenged them at those events as well."
Despite admitting that leader Button was 'uncatchable' in Turkey, Horner explained that Red Bull had adapted an efficient strategy which, had variables - such as safety car periods - been thrown into the mix, could have played into the hands of the Milton Keynes team. "I think it's been a really positive first half of the year and we've got some exciting developments in the pipeline and we'll keep pushing," Christian continued. "Because, basically, we need to score four points more per race than Brawn to catch them in the constructors' championship - that is a big task, but not insurmountable."
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