Red Bull Ready for Development Race Over 2025, Horner Says

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said on Friday he was primed for a “development race” between Formula One’s top teams ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, singling out McLaren’s 2025 challenger as “the car to beat”.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit dominated the sport over the first two years after the most recent regulations change in 2022 – which saw a return to ground-effect cars – as other teams struggled to get to grips with generating downforce by passing air underneath their cars instead of through wings on top of them.
But the pack has tightened up significantly since then, with McLaren overcoming a 115-point deficit to Red Bull after the first six races of 2024 and winning the constructors’ championship.