Christian Horner cites Mercedes’ George Russell as potential Red Bull target as he says team not afraid to ‘go out of the pool’ in future

“Now there’s a pure break coming with successfully nearly a month’s hole to the subsequent race, so it’s solely pure that you just’ll take inventory and take into account all of these choices for the ultimate a part of the 12 months.”

Horner was then pushed on the lengthy checklist of drivers dropped from Pink Bull’s programme over time, together with present Williams and Alpine racers Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly, and whether or not some ought to have been retained.

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“We’ve given a fantastic alternative to so many kids over the time period,” he stated, with a number of world champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen probably the most profitable examples.

“The Pink Bull system does demand outcomes and demand efficiency. In fact, Max is delivering. Checo [Sergio Perez] has been underdelivering this 12 months. Final 12 months, he did an excellent job, or ok job to complete second within the [drivers’] championship and [for Red Bull to] be constructors’ champions.

“We’re having to look additional down the street. We’ve acquired some nice expertise. We’ve acquired Liam Lawson on the bench. We’re not fairly certain, trying on the likes of [Franco] Colapinto and [Ollie] Bearman and [Kimi] Antonelli, is he at that degree? Solely time will inform.