Horner warns Red Bull is taking ‘risks’ to fight back

“We are hoping to make similar gains throughout the year but obviously the chassis is going to have to prop that up”, Horner said, as quoted by ESPN F1. “We’re expecting to make significant progress during the year”.

Ahead of the track debut of the team’s new RB12 vehicle in Barcelona next week, Red Bull Racing drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat along with team principal Christian Horner revealed the team and car’s new look on Wednesday.

Red Bull Racing endured a tumultuous 2015 campaign marred by a series of off-track spats, most notably with engine supplier Renault, while Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz made repeated threats to quit as the Austrian firm struggled for competitiveness.

“I have no doubt we’ll get the same support and equipment as the full works team”. The yellow and the red of the energy drink are more pronounced than last season.

Red Bull scrapped their previous contract with Renault amid last season’s poor results and sought an alternative supply with Ferrari and Mercedes.

Christian Horner has admitted he anticipates a hard start to the 2016 Formula 1 season for Red Bull Racing as it prepares for an “evolutionary” season of “two halves”, but warns it has taken “risks” in an attempt to get back to form.

The refreshed red and dark blue Red Bull Racing colours were merely painted over last year’s vehicle – the one that couldn’t win a race and was only good enough to secure fourth place in the constructors’ championship. It’s a lovely bit of fun from the Renault team, and it’s fab to know that even with all the changes they’ve undergone, the sporting spirit hasn’t left Enstone. In fact, they’re hoping that their challenger this year would be more competitive than last year’s. “It is hard to say we’ll get onto Mercedes’ level”, he told Fox Sports in part one of an interview that aired on Thursday night. With Red Bull Racing, PUMA will continue to push the boundaries of product design and racewear technology in F1 through the multiple year partnership that will always have Faster Together at its core.