Christian Horner on Toto Wolff rivalry: “It’s very easy to pull his chain!”

Christian Horner has teased Toto Wolff and insists that he is able to get under his rival’s skin.
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The Red Bull and Mercedes team principals, respectively, clashed last season culminating in the events of Abu Dhabi where Max Vꦬerstappen controversially beat Lewis Hamilton to the championship.

"It's not personal in any way,” Horner 🐈told Sky about his rivalry with Wo꧅lff.

"Toto is Tot꧒o. He's done a phenomenal job with Mercedes. He's obviously come into the sport from a very different background to me, he's very much from a fiꩲnancial background.

"And it i♊s very easy to pull h꧑is chain, and you can see it. 

“Som💙etimes it affects him. So of course when you're competing, and last year was so intense and of course it was the first time he'd ever been in that situation, it's always interesting to see how people react.

"When they're smashing heജadphones, you can see tha🎀t you got to them."

(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing
(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian…

Horner said, when asked if was꧋ a better team principal than Wolff: "That's not for ꩵme to judge.

"I'm foc⭕used on what I'm ౠdoing, you guys are the judge and jury. 

“I'm fo🔯cused on what I'm doing and he's focused on whaꩲt he's doing."

Horner and Wolff have clashed again this season, most notably over the rules surrounding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:porpoising which has most severely impacted Mercedes.

Wolff led Mercedes to 🍌seven consecutive driver’s championship (six for Lewis Hamilton, one for Nico Rosberg). 

Hamilton was denied an all-time record eighth title last December as Verstappen claimed his first - the fifth driver’s title ꦆfor Red Bull tha𝓡t Horner has overseen.

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