Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes they would have dominated the Chinese Grand Prix but for the wet conditions.
"I don't think the opposition would have seen us," Horner insists
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes they would have dominated the Chinese Grand Prix but for wet conditions during the race.
Having once again made the front row their own during qualifying, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber slumped to sixth and eighth places respectively during the race itself as the rain came and went in Shanghai.
Although content with the points they picked up, Horner insisted that Red Bull's rivals would have been left standing had the race been run in the dry.
"A far from straightforward race in very tricky conditions, and sixth and eighth is still very valuable points," he told
Autosport. "It is just obviously frustrating, that with a straightforward dry race today I don't think the opposition would have seen us."
Mixed results
Red Bull have had mixed results in the first four flyaway races of the season, having taken pole position on each occasion and yet claiming just one win.
With the team heading into the European season lying third in the constructors' championship, Horner said that, overall, he is satisfied with their progress.
"We know we have a fast car," he said. "I think in conditions like in China it is not just about strategy, there is a degree of luck involved.
"And when you start seventh and eighth you have less to lose and more to gain. We head back to Europe have gone to four very different venues, had had two 1-2 starts and one 1-3 start. So I think there is an awful lot of positives.
"As you saw with Ferrari here, they didn't score big points either. So I think it is innate to the championship that there will be swings and roundabouts to it."
No rush
Horner also said that Red Bull are in no rush to introduce their own version of McLaren's 'F-duct' aerodynamic system on their RB6 car.
When asked whether they will use an F-duct, which reduces drag on the rear wing, at next month's Spanish Grand Prix, he replied: "Let's wait and see what happens.
"Like all components, we will only introduce them to the car when they have a tangible benefit. The guys are obviously working flat out on our own version, but we are not going to rush something that is under developed."
