“Everything is coming together, but we've got to keep pushing. For us, the next step – to break into the top three teams – is by far the hardest, but with a new challenge in terms of the change in regulations next year, it will be a level playing field.
“Obviously the dilemma that the whole pit-lane now faces is how hard we continue to push the development of the current car versus the development of the 2009 car, which is significantly different in concept
“We're still a very young team – we're only in our fourth year of existence – and the changes that have happened within the team have obviously been pretty substantial in that time. Now, with stability, with the right technical leadership and with the right individuals in place, the team is starting to realise its potential. We are in an extremely competitive environment here and taking on some big opponents, and so far we're managing to deliver on-track.
“I really think we can be strong at
Silverstone. I think the circuit suits the characteristics of our car well, and it's important that we out-score our closest rivals and try to get on the back of
BMW. We were nibbling at them in the last two races, and I think we can really have a go at them in the British Grand Prix.
“Obviously it's a big and important race for us – it's the race where all of our factory will be in attendance, it's close to the team's headquarters in Milton Keynes and there will be a lot of people shouting for the
Red Bull cars. It's an important event, it's a track that the drivers love and it's a huge challenge.
“We're still developing the car; we're still putting performance on the car; we're moving closer and closer to the front of the field and I think there's still a lot more to come. I think we can close the gap considerably to
McLaren and BMW in performance, but it's going to be a tough second half to the year.
