Christian Horner, team principal of Red Bull Racing, reflects on qualifying for the Japanese GP: “A pretty straightforward qualifying for our guys today. Daniel and Max delivered two very clean laps, trying slightly different set-ups going into the race. With the penalties for Bottas and Raikkonen this results in them lining up in third and fourth on the grid for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.”

“This circuit presents challenges to our car comparative to some of our competitors, particularly in qualifying but we will take some confidence going into tomorrow’s race that we can be competitive.”