Red Bull shakes off favourites role: 'It's fifty-fifty'

Red Bull Racing doesn't expect there to be any more circuits where Mercedes or Red Bull themselves are the big favourite. Where Mercedes were the favourites at Monza and Sochi, Christian Horner argues that his team are not for the upcoming races.

Mercedes and Red Bull are fighting for the world title this year and it looks like it will be exciting until the last race. Between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen there is only a gap of two points, with only seven races to go. Red Bull managed to limit the damage despite an engine change for the Dutchman, and now sees opportunities in the upcoming races.

Opportunity for Red Bull Racing

''I don't think there are any circuits that stand out as clearly as Russia and Monza. Mercedes will definitely be strong in Turkey, they won there last year. But then we go to Austin. We should be close to that. And in Brazil and Mexico we have always been strong. We don't know anything about Qatar yet, we don't know anything about Jeddah. And then comes Abu Dhabi,'' the Briton said to Motorsport.com.

Horner is reluctant to say that his team are the favourites given the last few races on the calendar. "You can say that in the remaining races it's fifty-fifty as to which track suits some people better than others," concludes the Austrian team principal.