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Christian Horner believes that the head of the Formula 1 pecking order will converge next year.
According to Christian Horner, the competitive qualifying sessions at the Circuit of the Americas indicate that next season will be highly contested. Despite Red Bull’s dominance this year, they faced tough competition from rivals during the United States Grand Prix weekend. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez could only secure sixth and ninth places in Friday’s qualifying session. In the Sprint Qualifying on Saturday, Verstappen took pole position, but Charles Leclerc from Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes were within a tenth of a second from him. Red Bull has only been defeated once this year, during the Singapore Grand Prix. Horner believes that this close competition is a sign that the pecking order will be much closer next season and teams will converge with stable regulations.
Source: RacingNews 365
