Quotes from Christian Horner

What we expect from our drivers, as team mates, is that they show respect for each other and allow one another enough room on the race track.

We want to be a works partner. Ferrari and Mercedes have their own works teams so where would you be in the pecking order if you're a customer?

A Hamilton-Vettel combination, on paper, would look very attractive to any team. However, what you have to look at is the dynamics of any partnership like that and it's difficult to see how two sportsmen at the absolute top of their game could work in harmony under one roof.

We need to think out of the box rather than just going round and round, beating ourselves up about numbers.

I would hate to see the championship decided on grid penalties.

I'm very much a people person.

Exxon have done a very good job for us. Their difficulty and frustration has also been that as a customer we get very limited dyno time. But they were able to come up with a fuel that made the C-spec work, and we've managed to get that in the car and run that successfully, when the works team haven't been able to do that.

I've always felt that age is just a number - it's not how old or how young you are, it's how you conduct yourself.

As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.

I'd rather have a driver that was like that, that had that passion and that fire in his belly and you can channel that. The sport's crying out for more drivers like Max Verstappen.

We're very clear in the race that priority will be given to the lead car and more risk will be taken with the tail car. Sometimes that will work out, sometimes it won't, but it's very clear going into the event that those are the rules of engagement.

Obviously a decision was made to elevate both Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, who are two of the most exciting talents on the periphery of Formula 1, into race seats at Toro Rosso.

Our target is to compete with Ferrari and Mercedes.

Red Bull is an energy drinks company operating a team in F1, of course it doesn't sit particularly well when you are competing against iconic brands like Ferrari and Mercedes. We are happy to be perceived as a bit of a maverick.

Mercedes and Ferrari are working as one team these days. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which.

Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order.

Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor.

If the racing series does not exist for a year, then it disappears in its entirety. Teams that have been operating very close to the limit just wouldn't survive. They rely on racing to generate income and to fulfill their obligations to the promoter.

I was 25 when I stopped racing, I loved the teamwork and I wanted to apply what I knew about it into building and running a team.

The prospect of being able to run a race behind closed doors is absolutely feasible.

We get paid based on where we are in the Constructors' Championship so therefore we want the fastest and best drivers we can get in the car.

Winning is very addictive, that's why it's very hard when suddenly - boom - you are not the favorites any more.

Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.

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