Christian Horner: “I’m not sure Toto Wolff goes to the pub! We don’t have false friendship”
The Red Bull and Mercedes team principals’ rivalry will come under the microscope at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 British Grand Prix at Silver꧒stone, nearby where both of༺ their teams are based.
And Horner could not resist a gentle poke at ♛hཧis old adversary when asked if he could envisage having a pint together.
“I’m no🐷t so sure Toto is♓ the kind of person who goes to the pub,” he joked to .
Horner said about whether they could ever be m𓆉ates: “🐷I have never been a believer in that.
“He’s trying hard to beat us, we’re trying toꩲ ensure that we stay ahead of him.
“Whi🔯le there has to be respect, I don’t see some form of false fri📖endship.
“For me, it is unrealistic.
“It’s part of sport, part of competition. And it’s incredi𝐆bly easy to pull his chain!
“There has to be a competitive rivalry. It’s not a garden party. We are there to win, to compete, every member 💜of the team knows that.
“The team tha෴t wants to beat us the most is the one up the road.
“It’s important that people feel that rivalry. It d💝rives people on to perform better. We want to win.”
Horner an🃏d Wolff’s animosity came to a head at the notorious 2021 Abu ไDhabi Grand Prix, with race director Michael Masi stuck in the middle.
A new row is brewing over the 🔥2026 engine regulations which has seen Horner and Wolff come to verbal blows again.
Wolff insists that Horner’s criti🧜cism of the rules are only because he is “frightened” t🦩hat the Red Bull Powertrains project is behind schedule.
Horn🍒er hit back accusing “typical Toto” of prioritising “se🌄lf-gain”.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football💃, to F1.
