Red Bull believe podium was possible

It was a bit of a nondescript race for Red Bull. They were not really fighting with the top order, and it wasn’t helped by the first lap accident which Lotus claim was down to Daniel Ricciardo.

Kvyat mixed it with the Ferraris at the start and stayed in the lower half of the top ten, until the rain came where they were able to make up the time lost. Had they one lap more they could have got ahead of the Williams of Bottas, who had problems with his tyres and dropped a long way back from the leaders.

Being the only Red Bull driver to finish, Dany Kvyat commented after the race, “We were really competitive today, the race was really fun, a little crazy with the rain, and I was enjoying myself.

“The team have done a great job and the car is handling really well. We will keep pushing to improve and move forward over the next few races.”

Daniel Ricciardo had a difficult afternoon, eventually retiring the car with an electrical problem. “I was really optimistic and excited for this weekend but it didn’t work out for us on the day,” he said.

“We suffered an electrical problem which forced us to retire. I could feel the loss of power going into turn 7, we tried circulating for a few laps to try and fix it, we also tried to reboot the engine in the pits but unfortunately it didn’t work.

“The last few races haven’t been kind to us but that’s racing. We have some time off to look forward to and we’ll go into Hungary a little more hopeful as the track there should suit us better.”

Christian Horner, the Red Bull Team Principal was pleased with the Russian, who has been outperforming Ricciardo of late, “The weather produced an exciting British Grand Prix, adding an interesting twist which hopefully the fans enjoyed.

“Dany drove a great race, and all weekend he has done a good job. He possibly could have been in contention for a podium if we had pitted him earlier when he was fighting with Sebastian, and he also spun on his in-lap, but nonetheless, he drove a very strong race. Unfortunately, for Daniel, he suffered an engine energy related issue which forced him to retire early.”

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