Horner and Wolff squared off in a tense press conference as the F1 titl▨e battle between Red Bull and Mercedes spilled off the track on Friday ahead of 🅷this weekend’s inaugural Qatar Grand Prix. 

F1’s top two team bosses were grilled on a number of topics including Mercedes’ right of review request - which was rejected as the press conference t🌌ook place - and the legality of the W12. 

Asked how the intensifying title fight and off-track bickering has impacted their relationshipܫ, Horner retorted: "There is no 🐷relationship, there's a competition. 

"And I think it was interesting to hear Toto's views after the sprint race last week♛ on his team radio.

"Look, we'💝re going to push the maximu🥂m. We worked hard to get into this position. I think it's the first time they've been challenged.

"It's interesting to see how people react under pressure, how they react when they're challenged. It's by far the most intense political title fight we've 𝔉been evolved in in ℱour time in this sport.”

When pressed on whether he has respect for Wolff, Horner confirm♕ed he did but said that does not mean the pair 𝐆have to share niceties. 

"I think relationship and respect are two different things,” hꦿe said.&n﷽bsp;

"Of course there's respect for everything Mercedes has done and there's respect for everything Lewis Hamilton has done, but I don't need to go to dinner with Toto⭕ or kiss his arse or anything like that. 

“There's a few other team p🦋rincipals that might but from my perspective it's a competition.

"I think it's great that we're in this position and fighting for the wo🌸rld championships, and it's a first time in seven years they've been challenged, so that intensifies it and I think the sport is a big winner out of this. 

“I just hope we have a hard and fair fi🔯ght between no🍬w and the end of the season.”

Meanwhile, Wolff admitted the gloꦫves have now well and truly come off in the battle between Mercedes and Red Bull, with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton sepa🐟rated by just 14 points with three rounds remaining. 

"There are many great people working in Red Bull and obviously many great people working at Merc🌳edes and it is a hell of a fight,” he said. 

"There is a respect for the capability Red Bull has, definitely. And it's clear that this is tough. It's the world championship of the highest category in motor racing and what started as Olympic boxing went to pro boxing and is now an MMA [fig🌊ht], but that's OK.

"We are in the fight there trying to do the best job possible, elbows out now because the rules say so, and gloves are off. Nothing else is to be exp♛ectedဣ."