Following the Australian Grand Prix last weekend, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes their rivals have improved.
The Milton Keynes-based team ran away with both the drivers' and constructors' championship for the second year running last season but found themselves second best in Melbourne.
McLaren and their MP 4-27 have come on leaps and bounds during the off-season and that showed Down Under last weekend, as Jenson Button took the first meeting of the campaign, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton coming third.Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel did manage to claim second place in the highly competitive race but the defending champion was unable to show the dominance he produced last season.Horner has admitted the teams are more evenly matched in 2012, as they prepare for the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend.
"We saw it last year where there were swings and roundabouts - with some circuits suiting different cars and different characteristics," he told Sky Sports News."So I think there are circuits that will affect performance, but I think the teams are very closely matched at this point."As always, though, it will be a development race between now and the end of the season. Whoever gets the most performance from the car quick enough will see a gain from that." - http://www.setanta.com/
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