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Horner: Red Bull has earned respect
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September 10, 2011, Saturday
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TALK is cheap and any Formula One team is only as good as its last race, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said yesterday in a put-down to Ferrari's declared plans for a new era of domination.
Horner recognized that reigning champion Red Bull lacked the illustrious pedigree and 60-year history of the sport's glamour team. But he also made clear that Red Bull already had what Ferrari, for all its past achievements, was striving to create.
"It's been a great run for us," he said of a season that has so far seen Red Bull start every race on pole position and win seven out of 12.
"We don't have the history of Ferrari, we've only been around six and a half years or so, so ultimately it comes down to what you do on the circuit and you are only as good as your last race in many respects," he said.
"It would be arrogant for us to say that we expect to dominate in future years. We don't take anything for granted."
Wrapped up
Ferrari has won just one race this season, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July. It last won the drivers' championship with Kimi Raikkonen in 2007. Red Bull took both titles last year and Germany's Sebastian Vettel has his second successive crown all but wrapped up.
"We've won 22 grands prix, we've had 32 poles, we've won two world championships," said Horner. "So I think that we have earned respect in the pitlane. We don't disrespect or underestimate the achievements of our peers but we are very much focused on what happens on the circuit."
Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday that he was laying the groundwork for a new era of domination with Spain's Fernando Alonso and hoped the team would be in a position to win consistently next year.
The Italian, in a separate interview with Germany's Bild Am Sonntag, also laughed off a suggestion that Ferrari could learn from Red Bull.
"They have a title and we have 16, so if Red Bull do half of what we have done then maybe we will have a rethink. The question is who has the better foundation," he said.
Horner recognized that reigning champion Red Bull lacked the illustrious pedigree and 60-year history of the sport's glamour team. But he also made clear that Red Bull already had what Ferrari, for all its past achievements, was striving to create.
"It's been a great run for us," he said of a season that has so far seen Red Bull start every race on pole position and win seven out of 12.
"We don't have the history of Ferrari, we've only been around six and a half years or so, so ultimately it comes down to what you do on the circuit and you are only as good as your last race in many respects," he said.
"It would be arrogant for us to say that we expect to dominate in future years. We don't take anything for granted."
Wrapped up
Ferrari has won just one race this season, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July. It last won the drivers' championship with Kimi Raikkonen in 2007. Red Bull took both titles last year and Germany's Sebastian Vettel has his second successive crown all but wrapped up.
"We've won 22 grands prix, we've had 32 poles, we've won two world championships," said Horner. "So I think that we have earned respect in the pitlane. We don't disrespect or underestimate the achievements of our peers but we are very much focused on what happens on the circuit."
Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said on Wednesday that he was laying the groundwork for a new era of domination with Spain's Fernando Alonso and hoped the team would be in a position to win consistently next year.
The Italian, in a separate interview with Germany's Bild Am Sonntag, also laughed off a suggestion that Ferrari could learn from Red Bull.
"They have a title and we have 16, so if Red Bull do half of what we have done then maybe we will have a rethink. The question is who has the better foundation," he said.
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