Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner is confident his team can regain their pace advantage later in the season.
Red Bull team principal says Montreal track was suited to McLaren
Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner does not believe there has been a significant power shift in Formula One after the Canadian Grand Prix.
Horner's outfit have enjoyed a pace advantage, particularly in qualifying, for the majority of the 2010 season so far.
Until Canada, either Mark Webber or Sebastian Vettel had taken top spot on the grid for every round of the campaign.
But Lewis Hamilton finally managed to break the Red Bull run of pole positions before going on to win the race in Montreal.
Horner thinks that the result was due to the McLarens being particularly suited to the high-speed circuit and is confident his drivers can get back on top later in the season.
"It seems to be a disadvantage to lead the drivers' championship," he said.
"But I'm not surprised at how the championship has flipped around.
Exciting
"It's the most exciting we've had for some time, and we're not even halfway through yet. There's a long way to go.
"I'm encouraged by the fact that on a track we knew would suit the McLarens, with them achieving an optimum result, we finished fourth (Vettel) and fifth (Webber) to limit the damage.
"We performed better and were more competitive with the McLarens than I expected, gaining some very valuable points.
"(The next race in) Valencia will again play to the strengths of McLaren and Mercedes, which will be another challenge for us, but hopefully we can run strongly there.
"It's a very quick track, similar to Montreal, but we've a couple of developments coming.
"I'm sure we can go there and build on the performance we've had in Canada.
"But then we come back to tracks that should suit us and play more to our strengths, so there's absolutely everything to play for."
