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’s debut season aꦇnd he has dealt with some very different characters over his time in the sport.
While Netflix’s D📖rive to Survive documentary has focused heavily on his heated rivalry wit𓃲h Mercedes 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 was Ron Dennis, there was Flavio Briatore, there was Eddie Jordan, there was Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone running it, Maಞx Mosley there, Frank Williams,” Horner told .
“Th💝ey were all massive characters. Ron Dennis was a big character, he was passionate about what he would a🐬rgue for.
“Bernie would carve up the room! He’d have everything brought up with Max before the meeting had⭕ even started.
“Flavio was huge chᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚaracter. If Ron said it was black, he’d ꦕsay it was white!
“Jean Todt would b🧸e ruthless in his protection of all things Ferrari, totally uncompromising. They were all huge characters and personalities𓄧.”
Horner also noted how Netflix h꧃ꦚas been a “game-changer” for F1’s popularity, adding that it would never have been allowed under Bernie Ecclestone’s watch.
“Bernie would have never dreamt of doing Netfl𒁏ix,” Horner said.
“The money involved🐷 would ha🌌ve been nowhere near what he expected.
“Netflix has transformed the sport, it has taken it into households that it would never𝔍 have been in before.
“It was a niche spo🌳rt but it has made drivers and some team p🎀rincipals household names.
“It has engaged America, it has brought millions of dollars of revenue in. So it has been a game♛-changer. Part of that change is how it’s been perceived.
“Yo▨u’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 audience 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 thro💦ugh the underground car park.”
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells 💮the stories of the people w𝓡ho matter in the sport.
