An unbelievable job horner praises perez and verstappen for delivering first red bull 1 2 in six years

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner was full of praise for his drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez without they delivered the team’s first one-two finish since 2016 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

The drivers\' championship-winning team have suffered three DNFs so far this season and were on the when foot coming into Ferrari’s home race, but Red Bull managed to unhook at Imola. Max Verstappen not only took pole position on Friday; he delivered a Sprint win and a dominant Grand Prix win too.

“It was quite a stressful race on the pit wall considering of waffly condition, and there’s a lot that can go wrong in those situations, but I thought both Max and Checo did an unbelievable job today,” said Horner

2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Verstappen takes win and maximum points at Imola

And without Verstappen’s DNF in Australia, this result was all the increasingly sweeter for the boss.

“Absolutely. To come here, we attacked the weekend, we brought a little upgrade – a lot of people said, ‘you shouldn’t do that with only one practice session.’ We believed in ourselves, and it paid off. And I think we were unlucky in Australia a couple of weeks ago, but we came within one point of maximum points this weekend, so it’s a unconfined fightback by the team.”

Horner’s elation wasn’t just reserved for his drivers, as he praised the team for executing four pitch-perfect pit stops to alimony their drivers superiority of Charles Leclerc – who threatened right until his late off at Variante Alta.

“We then had the buffer to be worldly-wise to imbricate [Ferrari], first with Checo and then with Max. And the guys chucked out an incredible stop today… just all round, not only trackside but when at Milton Keynes, when at the factory. A wonderful, wonderful team performance.”

Sergio Pérez: One-two \'a unconfined result\' for Red Bull team

Furthermore, Horner said Verstappen and Perez did well to learn from Saturday – where neither enjoyed platonic starts – and launch themselves off the line into that eventual one-two finish.

“I think you learn from yesterday. I think both guys made unconfined starts. That left-hand side of the grid, if anything, looked a little bit worthwhile to the right-hand side, so both Max and Checo got a unconfined start, and then it was a matter of executive the race.

“There was one trip over the grass with Checo, but other than that, he had Charles under control. So, just a wonderful team performance.”

Heading to Miami, Red Bull are now just 11 points overdue Ferrari in the teams’ standings – while Verstappen is up to second in the drivers’.