Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has underlined the crucial factors that could prevent Max Verstappen from winning the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen dominated qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with such a gap he could afford to abort his final attempt, eventually finishing over four-tenths faster than second-placed Carlos Sainz. The circuit has been reprofiled for this season, with the removal of the final chicane in favour of the old high-speed double right-hander to close the lap, providing a new challenge for the drivers. "It has gone old-school and the hammering you give the front left around here now, it is all right-hand corners and high-speed corners," Horner told Sky Sports F1 . "It is going to be fascinating strategy-wise to see who picks what strategy and who picks what tyres for the start. "That's what will come into play, it will all be tyre deg, unless it is raining."
Red Bull must be on top of game
Put to Horner that he failed to mention any of Red Bull's rivals when talking about potential obstacles to Verstappen's fifth win of the season, he replied: "They're the biggest factors that prevent him winning this Grand Prix. "We have got to make sure we are on top of our game, on top of the weather, the strategy and the tyres and all the variables that can go wrong. "Great for him, his first pole here and our first pole [here] since 2011 with Mark Webber."
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