Christian Horner: " We intend to defend both titles

Today in Barcelona started the second series of winter tests. During the lunch break, the head of the Red Bull Racing Christian Horner answered a few questions for the British TV channel Sky Sports...

Question: the Struggle early in the season will be as dense as in 2012?
Christian Horner: I think, Yes. Everything suggests we will see a very tight battle with the participation of many candidates. While it is difficult to draw conclusions, because the tests are all working on their own programs, but it is already clear that in Melbourne we are waiting for big fights.

Question: what program do you work in Barcelona?
Christian HornerWe all better get acquainted with the machine and Barcelona want to test different solutions. We plan to hold training pit-stops to restore lost over winter skills. It is necessary to use every exit on the highway - this test session consists of four days, and each one is vital to prepare for the first race.

Question: After three titles in a row, you feel even more pressure? As the team can keep the motivation?
Christian HornerThe essence is that we must continue to work with the same efficiency as before. We ourselves bressingham, the team is determined to continue the series of achievements in previous years. We want to protect both the championship title.

Question: considering the current level of competition, Sebastian Vettel will be harder to win a fourth title, than its time to Michael Schumacher?
Christian Horner: The situation has changed - we have one supplier of rubber, the number of tests is limited, but the order is more stable than in the days of Michael. We will be incredibly difficult to repeat this achievement is now in Formula 1 healthy situation, the level riders are incredible, and three titles Sebastian is a very decent result. He will work hard to stay in the rank of champion.

Question: Adrian Newey said that this year to finalize the RB9 will be not so interesting, how to create a new car for 2014? How do you plan to allocate resources to work on two projects?
Christian Horner: Need to distribute power and resources. Next year we expect major changes, so engineers are already part of the attention the car in 2014, but we need good this season.

After a certain stability in 2014, the rules will change so that in the case of RB9 we need to pay more attention to detail, and working on the development machine for the next season.

Question: Rory Byrne returned to Ferrari. It is of some interest for Adrian?
Christian Horner: I don't know, we haven't talked about it. It is no secret that Rory had a lot of successes in his career and worked in a Ferrari. We wish him all the best.

Question: In the first three morning session tests Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Remembering the end of the last season, I think they will fight among themselves for the title this year?
Christian Horner: I think these riders all year will among the leaders - we are waiting for a difficult season. But don't forget about Jenson Button at McLaren, Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes, our racers, Fernando and Felipe Massa, who at the end of last year showed impressive speed. I think the fight will be very napryazhenii.