Honda delivered on everything that was promised admits Horner

Red Bull and Honda enjoyed a successful season together as they achieved three race wins for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman secured a first win for a Honda-powered car in 13 years, before winning in Germany and Brazil later in the season. It was also a successful year for Toro Rosso who scored two podiums. 

After a challenging relationship with Renault, Horner believes their partnership with Honda has delivered in 2019.

“Obviously we saw an awful lot of spreadsheets over the years, from Viry [Renault’s engine headquarters] but never realised the potential of what was on those sheets,” Horner told Motorsport.com.

“This is the first year where everything that was promised was absolutely delivered. And it's just a different environment, it’s a different type of partnership.

“It’s a true partnership, and you can see what it means to Honda when they get a result, when they get a pole position and they get a victory, the emotion, the pride, the satisfaction throughout the whole business.

“So I think it’s a very, very different relationship to the one we previously had with Renault during this V6 turbo-hybrid era.”