According to F1 TV **** yst Alex Brundle, Racing Bulls has established itself as the "best of the rest" in the current Formula 1 championship.
The Faenza outfit enjoyed a successful weekend at the Red Bull Ring with a double points finish. Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad finished the Austrian Grand Prix in ninth and 10th, collecting three points for the team.
During an appearance on F1 TV's post-race show, co-host and former IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe put it to Brundle that many within the paddock had expected the team to slide backwards during the grand prix, wondering if its qualifying pace would have outweighed their race pace.
"It was up and down all over the place for everyone else. They stopped twice. They drove around in ninth and 10th and they finished up at the back end of the points," Brundle said.
"But that's not bad, is it? They're the best of the rest, and they looked like, for the first time in a while, the best of the rest in terms of race pace as well, which is good.
The Faenza outfit enjoyed a successful weekend at the Red Bull Ring with a double points finish. Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad finished the Austrian Grand Prix in ninth and 10th, collecting three points for the team.
During an appearance on F1 TV's post-race show, co-host and former IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe put it to Brundle that many within the paddock had expected the team to slide backwards during the grand prix, wondering if its qualifying pace would have outweighed their race pace.
"It was up and down all over the place for everyone else. They stopped twice. They drove around in ninth and 10th and they finished up at the back end of the points," Brundle said.
"But that's not bad, is it? They're the best of the rest, and they looked like, for the first time in a while, the best of the rest in terms of race pace as well, which is good.
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