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Red Bull principal Christian Horner says the team are playing catch-up to Ferrari, but from the best position to do so.

Ferrari already have established comfortable leads in the Drivers’ and Constructors’ standings, this though mainly due to two retirements in the first three races of 2022 for Max Verstappen while running P2.

The more recent of those retirements though in Australia came when Verstappen was set to finish a comfortable P2, while Leclerc delivered a grand slam by taking pole, the win, fastest lap and leading every lap.

So, with Leclerc atop the Drivers’ standings and 46 points clear of Verstappen, while Red Bull trail Ferrari by 49 points in the Constructors’, Horner knows there is work to do.

That being said, Red Bull did prove to be a very worthy challenger for Ferrari in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Verstappen taking victory at the latter, so Horner believes his team are in the best place of any on the grid to return to challenging Ferrari.

“I think they started this project a lot earlier than we did,” said Horner of Ferrari, quoted by MotorsportWeek.com.

“So to a degree, we’re playing catch up. But the fact that we’re playing catch up from the second fastest position is encouraging.”

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