Horner Says F1 Now Looking like a Two-Horse Race
Red Bull boss Christian Horner said the 2025 Formula One season was turning into a two-horse race between the McLaren drivers after his team had a home Austrian Grand Prix to forget on Sunday.
Defending champion Max Verstappen retired on the first lap after being driven into by Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli, while teammate Yuki Tsunoda finished last.
As a result of Lando Norris leading home teammate Oscar Piastri in a McLaren one-two, Verstappen was left languishing 61 points behind championship leader Piastri.
“The buffer they have is significant. It looks very much like a two-horse race. They (McLaren) have got a cushion to the rest of the field,” said Horner.
“For us, we focus one race at a time. We don’t even think about championships. We just focus on the next race at Silverstone, what can we achieve there; same with Spa, same with Budapest.
“You try to grab every opportunity like we did in Imola (where Verstappen won).”
Verstappen had qualified a lowly seventh, partly undone by yellow flags as a result of a spin by Pierre Gasly in the final moments of Saturday’s session.
