Team boss Christian Horner said Red Bull ‘threw the kitchen sink’ at their car on Saturday to find the set-up that enabled Max Verstappen to claim pole for Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix.

Relations between Horner – who has served as team boss since Red Bull joined the F1 grid in 2005 – and Max’s father Jos Verstappen have been in the spotlight throughout 2024

Christian Horner was overjoyed after Max Verstappen's pole position in Qatar. The Red Bull Racing team boss said that fantastic work had been done from the factory to get Verstappen a good car just in time for qualifying.

Christian Horner reckons Red Bull "threw the kitchen sink" at improving its RB20 Formula 1 car in preparation for Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, which helped Max Verstappen seal pole position. Verstappen praised the team for its turnaround in fortunes,