Christian Horner was keen to manage expectations of his Red Bull team despite eye catching predictions made by their Mercedes rivals.
Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were untouchable at the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend as they clearly had by far the quickest cars on the grid. The Dutchman took the chequered flag 38 seconds ahead of third-placed Fernando Alonso – and that was without pushing his car to the limit.
So dominant were the defending champions in Bahrain that their rivals are already making grand predictions about them. George Russell turned heads when, immediately after the race, he tipped Verstappen and Perez to win all 23 races this year between them.
