Christian Horner: Red Bull won't dominate for seven years

Christian Horner has ruled out Red Bull enjoying another seven years of domination like Mercedes, as he believes rival teams will close the gap.

Red Bull have won all 10 races so far this season, and their RB19 car is all but certain to propel Max Verstappen to a third consecutive drivers' championship.

However, Horner believes that this advantage will not last forever, as other teams start to catch up.

He pointed to the fact that Red Bull have already started focusing on next year's car, while their rivals are still playing catch-up.

He also believes that the 2026 regulations will shake up the pecking order, giving all teams a clean slate.

As a result, Horner does not believe that Red Bull will be able to emulate Mercedes' seven-year dominance.

He is convinced that the other teams will eventually catch up, and that the 2026 regulations will create a more level playing field.

"One thing that we know from this sport is that things will converge. You can already see it starting to happen, and the most important thing to have convergence is to have stability," Horner said after Verstappen's British Grand Prix win.

"Stability of regulations will bring all of the teams much closer together. You can see this is already starting to happen. It's not going to be another seven years of domination.

"The power units are all pretty similar now and the chassis evolve much quicker than the engines do. We can already see from the start of the season to now, that things are already converging."

On McLaren's recent overhaul of their MCL60, inspired by Red Bull's winning design, Horner added: "It's a very similar concept; I was looking at the car on the grid.

"It's the first time we've really seen it this year and you can see the philosophy they've borrowed is very similar. They've chosen a similar path. It's flattering, isn't it?

"It's inevitable that this will happen and why wouldn't you? When you have got a car that is performing like ours, it's fairly logical that you look to emulate it, which some teams have chosen to do.

"Their performance at this circuit has been very strong but it will be very interesting to see how that pans out over the next few races."