Christian Horner: “I’m not sure Toto Wolff goes to the pub! We don’t have false friendship”
The Red Bull and Mercedes team principals’ rivalry will come under the microscope at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 British Grand Prix at Silversto♕ne, nearby where both of their teams are based.
And Horner could not resist a gentle poke at his old adversar☂y when asked if he could envisage h🅺aving a pint together.
“I’m not so sure To💮to is the kind of person who goes to the p🍌ub,” he joked to .
Horner said about whether they could ever be mates: “I have never beeꦉn a believer in t✤hat.
“He’s trying hard to beat us, we’re trying to ensure that we stay ꦗahead of him.
“🎃While there has to be respect, I don’t see some form of false friendship.
“For me, it is unrealistic.
“It’s part of sport🎃, part of competition. And it’s incredibly easy to pull his chain!
“There has to be a competitive rivalry. It’s not a garden party. We are there to win, to compete, every membဣer of the team knows that.
“The team that wants to beat us th𒁃e most is the one up the road.
“It’s important that people feel that rivalry. ♔It drives people on to perform better. We want to win.”
Horner and Wolff’s animosity came to a head at the notorious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with race director Michael Masi൲ stuck in the 🅺middle.
A new row is brewing over the 20﷽26 engine regulations which has seen Horner and Wolff come to verbal blows again.
Wolff insists that Horner’s criticism of the rules are only becausꦬe he is “frightened” that the Red B♉ull Powertrains project is behind schedule.
Horner hit back accusing “typical Toto” of pr🔜ioritising “self-๊gain”.
James was a sports j♚ournalist at Sky Sports f🌟or a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
