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Christian Horner was full of praise for his former driver's triumph in Malaysia, conceding that Sebastian Vettel's win, while bad for Red Bull, was healthy for F1.
Vettel managed to beat both Mercedes cars in a straight fight at Sepang, showing strong pace as well as impressive tyre management to carry out a two stop strategy. Horner said the performance delivered by Vettel shows Ferrari has got a car capable of being a threat on a number of occasions this year.
"Sebastian drove an incredible race, so congratulations to him and Ferrari," Horner said. "He's obviously got a very good feel for the car, it's driveability and he's very good at looking after the tyres, so in that situation he's quite often unbeatable. It was classic Sebastian and on a personal note I'm quite happy for him."
Focusing on the race weekend, Red Bull's team principal recognised the cars' brake problems were a contributing factor to Red Bull's lack of pace.
"Although he had a damaged front wing as a result of a contact at the start with Rosberg, Daniel settled in and seemed to be pulling away," said Horner. "We even gained a place when the Safety Car came out, but as soon as the cars were running in the traffic, temperatures started to get out of control, mainly the brakes, which took us a bit by surprise, and we really didn't have any pace. We just had to manage the second part of the race to make sure we got to the end."
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