Horner: Red Bull to Get Better
Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner said the team have made an astonishing start to the season after passing Jaguar's 2004 points total with another double points finish in Malaysia on Sunday
Red Bull drivers David Coulthard and Christian Klien finished sixth and eighth at Sepang to follow up the fourth and sixth place finishes they respectively scored in season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Horner, however, believes Red Bull can still move forward.
"We now have 11 points so in two events we've outscored Jaguar's points from the 18 races last season," said Horner. "Hats off to the team for the reliability we've achieved and also to Cosworth for the job that they've done.
"We came to Malaysia with the intention of scoring points to show that two weeks ago wasn't a flash in the pan and I think we demonstrated it throughout the weekend with the teams performance.
"We've got a good package, we can make it better, there's still a lot of room for progress but we've got a great starting point and we are obviously looking to build on the last two results that we've had and move forward."
Coulthard, who joined the team when McLaren dropped him at the end of last year, has been a revelation in his new environment but he insisted the team must be wary of the developments of the better funded teams.
"We have the same car and package going to Bahrain but the big four teams and some of the others, some of the manufacturer teams, may have something else going into those races," said Coulthard.
"We have an engine development in the middle of the year but obviously we need to go testing to develop these parts. The big test is how we keep pace with the development the other teams make."
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