Christian Horner refused to hit back at Toto Wolff’s “rent free” jibe: “I sleep well at night…”
The team principals from Red Bull and Mercedes have had an explosive relationship in the past two years, since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen usurped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton as the F1 champion.
Their bust-ups have been documented by Netflix’s ‘Drive To Survive’ but, ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Bahrain Grand Prix to begin the 2023 season🍸, Horner has dismissed a jibe from Wolff.
“I am living in his headౠ rent-free,” Wolff said to in January. “The guy is obsessed. Ever🧜y second that I spend on talking about Horner is a waste of time in my life.”
When asked to reply b🐻y the this week, Horner said: “I don’t take any interest in that.
“It’s a new seas♛on. I’m conce🐼ntrating on what I’m doing. Competition is part of sport. I sleep well at night.”
Red Bull were in ominous form at preseasoඣn testing in Bahrain, a week before the season begins, and Verstappen is eyeing a third straight title.
Horner said about his star driver: “If you look at his first out lap of the test, Max comes in tw꧑o-and-a-half seconds quicker than any other driver.
“His ability to get in and ge𓆉t on with it, I’ve never seen anything like it. There is no build-up or 𒁏easing your way in.”
Verstappen had joked about losing his weight after indulging over the winter, but Horner explained: “He lives for a bit of freedom in the winter because he knows he has to give 11 months of c𒊎hicken and lettuce.
“He’s a young guy and🐻 you need to give him that space. He’s in great shape. He’s on his weight, and he knocked out 160 laps on day one of testing and he looked fresh afterwards.
“He’s quite straightforward in many ways. He just 𒀰drives the wheels off it, and is pretty mellow out of the ca🦋r.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythin▨g from American sports, to football, to F1.
