Horner: Two-stop strategy a possibility after early degradation signs

Published on 12 Jul 2019 13:04

By: Fergal Walsh

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that a two-stop strategy could be the optimum choice for Sunday's British Grand Prix.

However, he conceded that Mercedes may be out of reach during the weekend, following on from its struggles two weeks ago in Austria.

MORE: Gasly confident he will show improvements at Silverstone

The Briton says that the early degradation signs from the Mercedes and Ferrari cars during free practice one at Silverstone lead him to believe that the race may not be a simple one-stop.

"Hopefully, we can give them [Ferrari] a hard time this weekend," Horner told Sky F1. "Mercedes, this is their kind of territory with these temperatures, they're probably going to be a step out of reach.

"But we saw the tyre deg on the long run with Mercedes and Ferrari looked pretty heavy so it could be a factor in the race. It might not be a one-stop race, maybe a two-stop race this weekend."

Horner added that Red Bull was lifted by Max Verstappen's win last time out in Spielberg, as he took the energy drink team's first win of the season.

MORE: Verstappen: Red Bull can't rest on our laurels after Austria win

"You walk into the factory on Monday morning and the buzz, there are so many people that have so much invested in these cars," Horner commented.

"And for Honda, what they've been through the last five years. The messages we've had coming through from Japan, the upbeatness, it increases that tempo. It's the feel-good factor of winning.

"The team are making progress on the chassis side, the engine is making progress as well. I was always going to be a transition year, but we have started to pick up some momentum."

F1 News Christian Horner Red Bull Racing

{"siteId":"1","siteLang":"en","publishDateMin":"2025-02-04 06:20:00","publishDateMax":"2026-02-04 06:20:00","racingSeries":"f1","min_date":"2003-01-06 00:01:00","date_diff":"7890","max_comments":"79409","max_views":"582733","articleId":249154}

Replies (3)

f1fan0101

Posts: 1,804
Let's hope so!! Sick of one stops...
- + 0
- Jul 12 2019 - 14:23
- Patentprutser
  
  Posts: 388
  Yeah, would be great if we could see some strategy. One and two stops and then let's see who gets first to the finish
  + 0
  
  Jul 12 2019 - 14:56
calle.itw

Posts: 8,527
Looking back at Pirelli's track record on SS, 2-stoppers are likely safer bets.
- + 0
- Jul 12 2019 - 14:57

Total queries: 5
Total time: 0.10984587669373
time	sincestart	caller	annotate	bt	desc
	0.000622				instantiate query log (0Q - total module time: 0.00075603s)	""
	0.001385				boot (0Q - total module time: 0.00013399s)	""
	0.001524				translation-init (1Q - total module time: 0.00115895s)	""
0.00027800	0.002395	/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php		/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Redirect.php:105(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Entities/Redirect.php:112(findByOrigin) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Redirects.php:108(getRedirectOrFalse) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:115(checkForDBRedirects) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)	SELECT redirects.id, redirects.origin, redirects.referer FROM redirects WHERE redirects.origin = :origin ORDER BY id	{"origin":"\/en\/news\/f1\/249154\/horner-two-stop-strategy-a-possibility-after-early-degradation-signs"}
	0.002686				controller::news/f1/249154/horner-two-stop-strategy-a-possibility-after-early-degradation-signs (3Q - total module time: 0.06986403s)	""
0.00810218	0.003307	/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php		/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Article.php:389(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:127(findNextArticle) {"function":"F1T\\Controllers\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\Controllers\\News","object":{"current_page":"news"},"type":"->","args":[]} /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:158(lazyFetch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:47(action_Index) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:269(dispatch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:195(_load) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)	SELECT Articles.ArticleId AS ArticleId, Articles.RewriteUrl AS RewriteUrl, Articles.ArticleType as ArticleType, Articles.Category as Category, Articles.cntnlang AS cntnlang, RacingSeries.RewriteUrl AS RacingSeriesRewriteUrl FROM Articles INNER JOIN RacingSeries ON Articles.RacingSerieId = RacingSeries.RacingSerieId WHERE Articles.cntnlang = :siteLang AND Articles.SiteId = :siteId AND Articles.Activated = 1 AND Articles.PublishDate < :publishDate AND Articles.ArticleType IN (:param0, :param1, :param2) AND Articles.ArticleId > :articleId ORDER BY Articles.ArticleId ASC LIMIT 1	{"siteLang":"en","siteId":"1","publishDate":"2026-02-04 06:20:00","articleId":249154,":param0":"Nieuws",":param1":"LiveRaceReport",":param2":"Liveblog"}
0.03268600	0.011433	/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php		/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Statement.php:189(stopQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Article.php:318(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:128(findPrevArticle) {"function":"F1T\\Controllers\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\Controllers\\News","object":{"current_page":"news"},"type":"->","args":[]} /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:158(lazyFetch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Controllers/News.php:47(action_Index) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:269(dispatch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Router.php:195(_load) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:260(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)	SELECT Articles.ArticleId AS ArticleId, Articles.RewriteUrl AS RewriteUrl, Articles.ArticleType as ArticleType, Articles.Category as Category, Articles.cntnlang AS cntnlang, RacingSeries.RewriteUrl AS RacingSeriesRewriteUrl FROM Articles INNER JOIN RacingSeries ON Articles.RacingSerieId = RacingSeries.RacingSerieId WHERE Articles.cntnlang = :siteLang AND Articles.SiteId = :siteId AND Articles.Activated = 1 AND Articles.PublishDate < :publishDate AND Articles.ArticleType IN (:param0, :param1, :param2) AND Articles.ArticleId < :articleId ORDER BY Articles.ArticleId DESC LIMIT 1	{"siteLang":"en","siteId":"1","publishDate":"2026-02-04 06:20:00","articleId":249154,":param0":"Nieuws",":param1":"LiveRaceReport",":param2":"Liveblog"}
0.00082803	0.071158	/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigExtensions/UrlBuilders.php		/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php:1323(stopQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/NativeQuery.php:73(executeQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1212(_doExecute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1166(executeIgnoreQueryCache) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:901(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/Article.php:478(getResult) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigExtensions/UrlBuilders.php:922(findRelatedArticles) {"function":"F1T\\Services\\ViewRenderer\\TwigExtensions\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\Services\\ViewRenderer\\TwigExtensions\\UrlBuilders","object":{},"type":"->","args":[]} /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigExtensions/UrlBuilders.php:926(lazyFetch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:259(relatedArticles) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_mainContent) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:62(displayBlock) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_content) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:715(displayBlock) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:45(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:46(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:390(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/TemplateWrapper.php:45(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php:318(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigRenderer.php:115(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:98(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:79(renderViewFile) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:261(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)	SELECT Articles., 2 ( DATEDIFF( Articles.PublishDate, :min_date ) / :date_diff ) + ( Articles.ViewCount / :max_views ) + ( Articles.CommentCount / :max_comments ) AS points ,Keywords.Keyword as relatedArticleTag FROM Articles INNER JOIN Keywords ON Keywords.KeywordId = 641 INNER JOIN keyword_combinations ON keyword_combinations.keywordID = Keywords.KeywordId AND keyword_combinations.nieuwsID = Articles.ArticleId INNER JOIN RacingSeries ON Articles.RacingSerieId = RacingSeries.RacingSerieId AND (RacingSeries.SiteId = :siteId) INNER JOIN RacingSeriesTranslations ON RacingSeries.RacingSerieId = RacingSeriesTranslations.RacingSerieId AND (RacingSeriesTranslations.LanguageCode = :siteLang) WHERE Articles.cntnlang = :siteLang AND Articles.Activated = 1 AND Articles.PublishDate > :publishDateMin AND Articles.PublishDate < :publishDateMax AND Articles.ArticleType IN ('Nieuws', 'LiveRaceReport', 'Liveblog') AND RacingSeries.RewriteUrl = :racingSeries AND Articles.SiteId = :siteId AND Articles.ArticleId != :articleId ORDER BY points DESC, Articles.PublishDate DESC LIMIT 2	{"siteId":"1","siteLang":"en","publishDateMin":"2025-02-04 06:20:00","publishDateMax":"2026-02-04 06:20:00","racingSeries":"f1","min_date":"2003-01-06 00:01:00","date_diff":"7890","max_comments":"79409","max_views":"582733","articleId":249154}
	0.072554		cacheAble: yes		module:News\Result (0Q - total module time: 0.00029802s)	""
	0.072855		cacheAble: yes		module:News\Photos (0Q - total module time: 0.00015593s)	""
	0.073013		cacheAble: yes		module:News\Trending (0Q - total module time: 0.00018096s)	""
	0.073197		cacheAble: yes		module:News\Reply (1Q - total module time: 0.03141904s)	""
0.02593803	0.073817	/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/CommentVotes.php		/var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php:1323(stopQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Exec/SingleSelectExecutor.php:31(executeQuery) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query.php:325(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1212(_doExecute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:1166(executeIgnoreQueryCache) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/doctrine/orm/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php:901(execute) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Repository/CommentVotes.php:192(getResult) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/CommentVotesManager.php:46(getCommentVotesByVoteIp) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Modules/News/Reply.php:101(getCommentVotesByIP) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:115(internalRender) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:89(captureOutput) {"function":"F1T\\{closure}","class":"F1T\\ModuleBase","object":{"_amp":false},"type":"->","args":[]} /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/Cache.php:144(call_user_func) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ModuleBase.php:92(lazyFetch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigExtensions/ModuleRenderer.php:35(fetch) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:549(renderModule) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_mainContent) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:62(displayBlock) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:182(block_content) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:715(displayBlock) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:45(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php(418) : eval()'d code:46(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:405(doDisplay) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:378(displayWithErrorHandling) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Template.php:390(display) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/TemplateWrapper.php:45(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/vendor/twig/twig/src/Environment.php:318(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/Services/ViewRenderer/TwigRenderer.php:115(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:98(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/ViewTrait.php:79(renderViewFile) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/app/website.php:261(render) /var/www/dev-priyantha.gptoday.net/public_html/index.php:11(require_once)	SELECT c0_.CommentId AS CommentId_0, c1_.Vote AS Vote_1 FROM Comments c0_ INNER JOIN CommentVotes c1_ ON (c1_.CommentId = c0_.CommentId) WHERE c0_.ArticleId = ? AND c1_.VoteIp = ?	[249154,"216.73.216.130"]
	0.104619		cacheAble: no		module:Sidebar (0Q - total module time: 0.00032592s)	""
	0.104948				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00001407s)	""
	0.104964				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpschedule (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)	""
	0.104967		cacheAble: yes		module:GpSchedule (0Q - total module time: 0.00014710s)	""
	0.105116				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::results (0Q - total module time: 0.00000405s)	""
	0.105120		cacheAble: yes		module:Results (0Q - total module time: 0.00010300s)	""
	0.105226				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::testcalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)	""
	0.105229		cacheAble: yes		module:TestCalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00009799s)	""
	0.105329				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000405s)	""
	0.105333				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000095s)	""
	0.105336				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::relatednews (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)	""
	0.105339		cacheAble: yes		module:RelatedNews (0Q - total module time: 0.00011587s)	""
	0.105457				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::whoischatting (0Q - total module time: 0.00000501s)	""
	0.105463				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)	""
	0.105466				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::poll (0Q - total module time: 0.00000119s)	""
	0.105468		cacheAble: no		module:Poll (0Q - total module time: 0.00317001s)	""
	0.108642				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000787s)	""
	0.108651				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::ads (0Q - total module time: 0.00000215s)	""
	0.108653				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpcalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00000286s)	""
	0.108656		cacheAble: yes		module:GpCalendar (0Q - total module time: 0.00014901s)	""
	0.108808				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::driver_Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00000501s)	""
	0.108815		cacheAble: yes		module:Driver\Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00010896s)	""
	0.108927				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::team_Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00000501s)	""
	0.108932		cacheAble: yes		module:Team\Info (0Q - total module time: 0.00010490s)	""
	0.109039				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::linkedKeywords (0Q - total module time: 0.00000501s)	""
	0.109045				sidebar:sidebar-news-read::gpsidebarnavigation (0Q - total module time: 0.00000191s)	""
	0.109049		cacheAble: no		module:GpSidebarNavigation (0Q - total module time: 0.00033689s)	""
	0.109388		cacheAble: yes		module:Layout\Footer (0Q - total module time: 0.00009584s)	""
	0.109487		cacheAble: yes		module:News\Breaking (0Q - total module time: 0.00035405s)	""
	0.109844				done	""

Horner: Two-stop strategy a possibility after early degradation signs

Trending news

Replies (3)

f1fan0101

Patentprutser

calle.itw

Grand Prix of Belgium

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Race / Startgrid

Grand Prix of Belgium

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

World Championship standings 2023

Test calendar

Related news

Horner backs Verstappen as an 'outside chance' for 2020 championship

Wolff: Barcelona win after Silverstone woes shows the 'strength' of Mercedes

Horner: Verstappen P2 was 'absolute maximum' team could achieve

Horner: No guarantee Verstappen would’ve avoided a puncture before pit stop

Horner: Perez's positive coronavirus test a 'stark reminder' for F1

Give your opinion!

Will Bottas challenge Hamilton for the world championship in 2020?

Formula 1 Calendar - 2024

Formula 1 Calendar - 2024

Driver profile

Team profile