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Red Bull can outscore Ferrari in title run-in, says Horner
Red Bull can outscore Ferrari for the remainder of the Formula 1 championship, according to Red Bull principal Christian Horner.
Red Bull currently trail Mercedes by 173 points, and Ferrari by 134 points, with nine events of the 20-race calender currenty completed.
The constructor’s title is well out of Red Bull’s reach, but Horner feels Red Bull can potentially be the second most consistent car in the second half of 2017.
"From a championship point of view, I think the gap between us and the Mercedes and the Ferraris is too big to haul back," Horner said.
"But I would like to at least outscore Ferrari, certainly in the second half of the year.
"And if we can get into a situation to challenge for podiums and the higher places on the podium a couple of races between now and the end of the year, that is a realistic and aggressive target for us."
Horner had previously stated that Red Bull woud be challenging for the title this season; however, problems in their testing wind tunnel have been attributed to the car’s poor performance over the first nine races, an issue which Horner says has since been resolved.
"To solve any problem, you got to break that problem down and analyse it," he said.
"The guys here in the technical team did a very good job of getting a hold of that quickly.
"But of course then you've got a lead time of a month/six weeks to try and rectify that, by which point you are already through the first couple of races.
"It wasn't really until Barcelona that we were able to introduce the first sort of package addressing those issues, and that we really started to make progress.
"I think we are going in a good direction. We've put constant progress on the car since the Barcelona race and we'll keep pushing all the way through the season."
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