Speaking on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, Perez said he felt the full support of Red Bull in his aspirations to beat teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to the title and suggested the team had moved away fr💃om being a one-car operation. 

“Certainly when I came to the team, things were very different. Basically, they were just going racing with 🅠two cars because they had to,” the Mexican said. 

Horner said he ꧅was surprised by Perez’s remarks, adding: “that’s the first I’ve heard him saying that. 

“We always have run two cars since we entered the s💜port in 2005. We always want to have the best two drivers we can in the car.” 

Horner continued: “As a team we’ve always strived to give both drivers the 𓆏best opportunity and the best ꩲequipment we can. Then it’s down to what they do on-track.

“That’s whether it’s Max and Checo or Daniel and Max or Daniel and Seb or Mark and Seb or you can go back to David Coulthard an𝄹d Mark ꦿWebber. 

“That’s the way we’v♋e always rolled and it’s down to what they do on the circuit 𒀰at the end of the day that counts.”

Horner stressed🅰 he sees “no reason 𒆙why” Perez and Verstappen’s relationship should get frosty as their intra-team title battle hots up. 

It comes after there appeared to be some tension between the pair following late confusion surrounding the168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: fastest lap in 🍸Saudi Arabia, which was ultimately snatchedꦚ by Verstappen. 

“They’re both competitive animals and🍸 they’re both racing drivers at the end of the day,” Horner said. “They know the rules of engagement in terms of, it💝’s team first.

“Particularly at this time of the year, when we k🌠now we don’t have the development capability other teams have in terms of wind tunnel time🅺 as the season goes on.

“So for us it’s hugely important to bag as many points as we can, get as many into the championships as we can early on, because we k🦄now the others are going to come back at us in the second half of the year.” 

Perez sits just on🍰e point behind Verstappen after the opening two rounds fol⛦lowing his victory last time out in Jeddah. 

“It’s great💫 to see Checo doing a great job now,” Horner said. 

“In ’21 ꦅhe came into the car off the back of the Covid season and at the end of a set of regulations and he struggled with that car. Last year he was def𝓀initely more at home in the car and two of our 17 victories he achieved. 

“He’s got out of the blocks well again this year but we’re only two races into theꦰ season and there’s an awful long way to go.”