If Netflix filmed a 2005 F1 team boss meeting, who would steal the show?
Horner became F1’s youngest team principal when he started at Red Bull in 2005 during the team’ꦉs debut season and he has dealt with some very diffe🍷rent characters over his time in the sport.
While Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary has focused heavily on his heated🎃 rivalry with Me🥀rcedes counterpart Toto Wolff in recent seasons, Horner has noticed a shift in the type of characters in F1 now.
Horner described himself and Wolff as the last of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“dinosaur” leaders in the paddock.
“When I first came into the sport, there w💯as Ron Den꧅nis, there was Flavio Briatore, there was Eddie Jordan, there was Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone running it, Max Mosley there, Frank Williams,” Horner told .
“They were all massive characters. Ron Dennis was ꧅a big character, he was passionate about what he would argue for.
“Bernie would carve up the room! He’d have everything brought up with Max before the me🐠eting had ev𝔉en started.
“Flavio was huge character. If Ron said it was black, he’d say it was wꦿhꦅite!
“Jean Todt would be ruthless in his protection of all things Ferrari, totally uncompromising. They were all hug🦋e characters and personalities.”
Horner also noted how Netflix has been a “game🐎-changer” for F1’s popularity, adding that it would never have been allowed under Bernie Ecclestone’s watch.
“Berni🍌e would have never dreamt of doing Netflix,” 🃏Horner said.
“The money invo🍸lved would have been nowhere near what he expected.
“Netflix has transformed the sport, it has taken it into households thaꦛt it would never have been in before.
“It was a nich✅e sport but it has made drivers and some team principals household names.
“It has engaged America, it has brought miꦇllions of dollars of revenue in. So it has been a game-changer. Part of that change is how it’s been perceived.
“You’ve got diehard fans that follow all the actions but Netflix has sort of turned it into the Kardashians on wheels! It’s brought a whole new audie🧜nce and it’s changed the dynamic massively.
“Ten years ago ♚arriving at the hotel in Budapest you’d be lucky if you found 25 people out there. Now we have to go through the underground car park.”
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