Christian Horner’s war of words💖 with Toto Wolff ha🐲s intensified after the Red Bull boss claimed they have poached 200 employees for their engine department.

Since their teams went head-to-head for the 2021 F1 world championship, Horner and Wo꧂lff have ๊been arch rivals, often exchanging words in the media.

Despite their⭕ contrasting on-track fortunes, their riva✤lry has been renewed.

Wolff has been public in his admiration for Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen - and the prospect of potentially signing꧅ him for 2025.

This has irked Horner, with the 51-year-old biting back after the race in ▨China.

Things have heated up between the two team bo🐻sses, particularly as McLaren CEO Zak Brown su♕ggested in Miami that Red Bull are set to lose even more staff following Adrian Newey’s departure.

Horner has taken another swipe at Wolff and Mercedes with a remarkable claim that his team has poached 200 staff from Brixworth for Red Bul🎐l Powertrains - their new engine project for 2026.

"The two candidates involved talk a lot. I'm not going to get sucked in for a tit for tat. I would be more focus💃ed on Toto's own issues that he has. I don't have any concern with the strength and depth [of Red Bull]," he said.

"Of cou💧rse there is always going to be movement bet𝔉ween teams. I don't know how many people we have employed by McLaren this year? Mercedes, we have taken 220 people. 220 out of HPP into Red Bull powertrains.

"So when we are talking 🐟about losing people, I would be more ඣworried than about the 220 people, than one or two CVs."

Red Bull could lose another of🃏 their star assets with sporting director Jonat🔯han Wheatley reportedly considering his future.

Wheatley has hopes to become an F1♉ team principal, and with Horner firm in his𒊎 position, he might have to look elsewhere.

Addressing the Wheatley rumours, Horner added: "The൩re are rumours about everybody. Contracts between individuals and t✃heir terms and conditions is not something that we really talk through [with] the public."