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’People are frustrated’ at Red Bull - Horner

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Christian Horner admits members of his Red Bull team are “frustrated” at the poor start to the season due to matters outside of their control.

Red Bull was hopeful of building on a 2014 season which had seen it take three victories and finish second in the constructors’ championship behind Mercedes. However, despite Renault’s target being to cut the Mercedes power unit advantage by 50%, the engine manufacturer has struggled with reliability issues in the opening four races.

Team principal Horner admits it is difficult to keep members of Red Bull motivated because there is little they can do to address the problems.

“We got our head down and we are focusing on improving the bits we can control, so morale is OK,” Horner said. “People are frustrated, they got used to winning and having the taste of success, and it doesn’t taste great when you are not winning. But that is an added motivation to get back there.

“It is not something we are in control of. If we had a chassis deficiency, you work away, make the bits, you put them on the car, you go quicker or slower. We are in the hands of our engine supplier and engines are a different world to chassis, so lead times are so much greater.”

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