'But it's going to happen...'
Christian Horner believes Saturday’s Sprint Shootout timesheet bodes well for Formula 1’s future with four teams separated by just 0.101s at the Circuit of The Americas.
Had his time in qualifying stood, he would’ve been on pole by 0.005s ahead of Charles Leclerc with Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton a further 0.14s down.But it didn’t, the Dutchman given a second chance at topping a qualifying session in Saturday’s Shootout whereIt was the closest qualifying sessions of the season between four drivers, and one that Horner believes bodes well for next year’s championship as Red Bull’s rivals seek to chase them down.
“So the amount of simulations you’re running in a race is, you know, there’s a lot more intensity on that. But while Verstappen had competition over a single flying lap when it came to the longer stuff, the Sprint, he was again in a league of his own.