Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes his team's strong race pace during the second half of the Spanish Grand Prix gives a better indication of its true competitiveness.
Once again, Red Bull struggled for qualifying performance on Saturday and could only manage fifth and sixth on the grid. It opted to put both Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo on one-stop strategies in a bid to beat Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas to the podium places.
Verstappen got ahead of Vettel under the Virtual Safety Car period and despite picking up damage after hitting the Williams of Lance Stroll, resisted the threat of the Ferrari in the closing stages.