{"id":7209,"date":"2025-04-10T07:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7209\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:31:10","slug":"christian-horner-tips-game-changer-moment-in-f1-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/7209\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner tips &#8220;game-changer&#8221; moment in F1 2025 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the flexi-wing clampdown for the Spanish Grand Prix could be a \u201cgame-changer\u201d in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F1<\/a> title race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One point separates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/racer\/912058\/lando-norris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lando Norris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/racer\/852\/max-verstappen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen <\/a>at the top of the F1 drivers\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Verstappen delivered a masterclass to win the last race at Suzuka from pole position.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It means Verstappen, Norris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/racer\/1014409\/oscar-piastri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> have one race win each heading into this weekend\u2019s Bahrain Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s widely accepted that McLaren has the fastest car in F1, even if it has been difficult for both drivers to tame on occasion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For the Spanish GP in June, the FIA will introduce stricter tests to combat flexible front wings.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Red Bull expect that the new ruling will potentially impact McLaren\u2019s competitiveness, opening the door for Verstappen in the title race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before that, there are still five races, meaning Verstappen will have to stay in touching distance to capitalise.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking to Channel 4 after the race on Sunday, Horner said:\u00a0 \u201cWell look, I mean, in the first three races, we\u2019ve [finished] 0.8 of a second behind Lando \u2013 We were fourth in China and won this race.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo we\u2019re one point behind in the driver\u2019s championship. Don\u2019t underestimate the regulation change of race nine, you know, with these front wings. That could be a game-changer. The first four are super tight, and as you well know, there\u2019s no better tonic than a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horner: Verstappen is \u201cvery committed\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Amid Red Bull\u2019s downturn in form, Verstappen\u2019s F1 future continues to dominate the headlines.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">With both Mercedes drivers out of contract at the end of 2025, Verstappen could be an option for them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mercedes boss Toto Wolff expressed serious interest in Verstappen last year before deciding on Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Aston Martin, who Honda will power from next year, have an interest in Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, Horner is confident Verstappen is \u201cvery committed\u201d to Red Bull and that interest in his driver is to be expected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think Max has made his position very clear on that before the weekend,\u201d Horner added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe\u2019s very committed to the team, the environment he\u2019s in. He\u2019s working harder than I\u2019ve ever seen behind the scenes with his engineering staff.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMax is, of course, the most demand driver in the paddock. But I think he\u2019s content where he is, we know we need to continue improving \u2013 and I don\u2019t see him anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the flexi-wing clampdown for the Spanish Grand Prix could be a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,4325,707,4200,1073,1710,226,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-7209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-f1-2025","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula1","12":"tag-max-verstappen","13":"tag-mclaren","14":"tag-red-bull","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114312503907194009","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}