Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits a repeat of the dominance his team enjoyed in Monaco is unlikely at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo produced a perfect weekend taking pole and the win in Monte Carlo, even holding off Sebastian Vettel despite having no ERS for much of the race.
The Australian has also scored four straight podium places on another twisty street circuit around Marina Bay, however, the Briton believes victory this weekend will be much harder.
“Hopefully we can be more competitive in Singapore,” he told Racer. “Look, Singapore is not Monaco, there’s longer straights there and so on, but we were over a second away in qualifying at Monza.
“We know in the race we are able to match what the leaders can do, and Singapore might be something other than a one-stop as well, so there’s more opportunities.”
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Since that great day in the principality, only Max Verstappen’s victory in Austria has been a real high with podiums scored through misfortune ahead and reliability worries hitting Ricciardo particularly hard.
“I think there’s a few tracks coming up, I’m looking forward to going to Singapore, I’m looking forward to going back to Mexico,” the Red Bull boss said, suggesting this season isn’t a write-off.
“Japan could be interesting for us, Brazil if it rains, so there’s still a lot to play for this year.
“The hardest races — Spa and Monza — we were on the podium at Spa, we could have been on the podium at Monza, so it’s not all bad.”
