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Red Bull 'surprised' rivals avoided Verstappen tyre strategy
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said he was surprised rival teams dismissed in qualifying the hard tyre strategy that helped Max Verstappen trounce Mercedes' drivers at Silverstone. Verstappen opted to run Pirelli's white-rimmed hard compound in Q2 while every other top-ten team relied on the medium rubber to make the Q3 cut. Verstappen was thus an outlier of sorts on the grid, but the hard-to-medium-to-hard combo worked to perfection for the 22-year-old who secured his ninth career win at Silverstone. Speaking to Sky F1 immediately after Sunday's race, Horner admitted it had been an "amazing performance" from Verstappen. "I mean, the pace in the race was beyond what we...
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