Red Bull to adopt a humble approach
Despite having bagged both the Constructors' and Drviers' titles in 2010, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner inists there will be no arrogance from his team this year.
One could forgive the Milton Keynes-based squad for being a little cocky after their incredible achievementes last season, but Horner contends that while the Championship wins have obviously boosted confidence in the team, nobody is taking anything for granted.
"This year is no different to any other," Horner said at the launch of the RB7.
"I think if we had not have won either Championship last year there would have been that expectation and obviously the pressure that comes with that. We've achieved that and achieved that in a short space of time and I think it is like winning your first grand prix.
"Out of that comes confidence but not arrogance, but the team goes into this year very, very motivated and very committed but you have to remember we are still an independent team with a customer engine that achieved some remarkable things last year and that is our target again, again, obviously this year.
"Inevitably last year it was a long year, we face the longest year in F1 this year with 20 races, which will be a challenge and the performance between different teams will flow from the different circuits we visit but I am confident that over the course of the season we are very well equipped."
In years gone by the team have only handed their new challenger its debut at the second round of testing, but Horner reveals that such is the dedication from the team that everything was done to ensure the RB7 was on the track at Valencia on Tuesday.
"There is a lot of enthusiasm and a huge amount of commitment. This has been the shortest build and production time in Red Bull's short history and the effort that has gone in from the factor has been quite phenomenal," explained the Briton.
"Adrian doesn't release his drawings any earlier these days and they built the car in less time. They sacrificed the family time at Christmas and so on. Testimony to what we have seen in the pitlane."
Red Bull will be desperate to hang on to their two titles this year, and Horner is well aware that achieving that ambition will be no easy task.
"We have turned up here in 2011 as the reigning World Champions and the target is to do our very, very best to defend both those titles," he said.
"The opposition we have in Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes is formidable so all we can do it our very best as we did last year and at the end of the day the Championship table won't lie," Horner added.
Credit: PlanetF1.com (www.planetf1.com)
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