Christian Horner responds to what Max Verstappen can do better in 2024 after ‘incredible’ year

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Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has responded to a question on what Max Verstappen can do better in 2024.

Horner was appearing as a guest on the Sky Sports F1 Podcast after a record-breaking campaign for his team and number one driver.

At the end of the pre-season test in Bahrain this year, the majority of the teams on the grid would have recognised that they suddenly had a problem.

After winning the 2022 Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships, Red Bull took their performance to another level this year.

They won every Grant Prix except for the street race in Singapore, with Max Verstappen earning a ridiculous 19 victories.

After an early challenge from Sergio Perez, the Dutchman upped his game by several levels and won 10 races on the bounce to essentially seal the title midway through the season.

Christian Horner will hope that Verstappen can match that level of domination in 2024.

He’s already shared what he wants to see from Perez in terms of improvement ahead of next year.

It’s much harder to critique what the 26-year-old could do better going forward considering he barely made a mistake in any session this season.

His car may have easily been the fastest on the grid, but his performance compared to his teammate shows just how fast he is.

Horner responds to what Verstappen can improve in 2024

Asked what Verstappen could do better next year, Horner said: “Well, very little. I mean certainly, there were three races where he could have been better but that was beyond his control.

“So, I mean what an unbelievable year he’s had, he’s just been absolutely incredible so he’s impossible to fault the season that he’s had.

“Keep doing what you’re doing!”

Although Verstappen’s third world title will be remembered for how simply it looked from the outside, that wasn’t always the case.

Verstappen admitted that his battle for pole position in Monaco left him ‘shaking’, and there were moments that left him annoyed.

As Horner suggests, the only thing Verstappen can do better in 2024 is win the three races that he missed out on this year.

He’s very unlikely to do that given Red Bull have seemingly maximised the pace of their car under the current regulations and their nearest rivals should theoretically close the gap over the winter.

But, if there’s any driver on the grid who looks capable of dominating the sport right now, it’s Verstappen.