Christian Horner hails critical Max Verstappen moment: 'Win it or bin it'

Christian Horner has labelled Max Verstappen's stunning first lap overtake on Oscar Piastri to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as a "win it or bin it" moment. 

From third on the grid, Verstappen initially made a slow start, but was able to move to the outside and dive around Oscar Piastri to steal the lead away. 

This proved crucial, as Verstappen was in the free air, with Piastri attempting the undercut, but a slow stop coupled with traffic ruined the Australian's race.

Verstappen pitted two times, under the Virtual, and then full safety cars and bolted on the final restart to record his 65th win in Red Bull's 400th race start. 

Reflecting, Horner felt Verstappen's move was "win it or bin it."

"We definitely managed to improve the car and his start, the first corner was win it or bin it with the commitment he had," Horner explained to Sky Sports F1. 

"Oscar was fair and gave him space, but you can see he is coming from a long way back and George is up the inside, but he just commits to the corner, and was given enough space by Oscar.

"That was the last they saw of him, so it is incredibly decisive, and he is just so good in those situations. 

"Oscar knows how committed Max is, and he saw a gap; he went for it. And that's just the instinctive racing instinct that Max keeps demonstrating week in, week out."