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Christian Horner has backed Ferrari to be Red Bull's closest challengers at the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend, shunning Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in the process.

Team principal Horner has been the major story of the F1 season after he was the subject of an internal investigation in February after accusations - which he denies - of 'coercive behaviour' towards a female colleague were made against him, before he was cleared.

This hasn't impacted Red Bull's progress on the track though, with the team - who have won the previous two constructors' championships - dominating the early stages of the campaign.

Max Verstappen is chasing a fourth consecutive world championship and the Dutchman looks on course for that after winning three out of the four races in 2024, with team-mate Sergio Perez coming second on all of those occasions.

Verstappen's progress was only halted by an early retirement in Australia, where Ferrari pairing Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc came first and second respectively.  In fact, Sainz is the only driver other than Verstappen to win a race across the past 22.