Christian Horner wants more “power” and “control” as Toto Wolff rivalry explained

An explanation for the "animosity"ꩲ between Christian Horner and Toto Wolff has been put forward.

(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing
(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian…

Sky Sports F1 ꩵcommentator David Croft believes the rivalry between Christian Horner and Toto Wolff stems from the difference in “control” and “power” within their respective teams.

Horner and Wolff’s rivalry stretches back to 2021 when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton went head-to-head for the world championship.

The pair have recently exchanged a war of words following the Chinese Gra🍸nd Prix when talking about Verstappen’s future at Red Bull.

Wolff claimed that there are “factors” which coul♓d result in Verstappen’s eventual departure, while Horner hit back, stating that the Austrian should place more focus on improving Mercedes on-track performance, not their driver line-up.

On the lat💖est episode of the Sky Sports F1 podcast, Croft assessed the dynamic between Wolff and Horner.

Sky’s lead commentator suggested that Horner wishes he 👍had more control of Red Bull, like Wolff does at Mercedes.

“I think Christian and Toto will꧋ carry on the war of words for their entirety of their time in Formula 1,” said Croft. “It will just carry on. They’ve got a history, they’ve got a present and I think they’ve got a future when it co🎐mes to not agreeing with certain things.

“To💦to is doing everythin🍸g that you would expect one of your rivals to do and if your driver is making it public that he might leave, he’s going to put his arm around him, he’s going to tell him that he’s the most important person on the planet and ‘come over to us, the grass is much greener at Brackley than it is at Milton Keynes’.

“The one thing that I think is a🐷lways going to wind Christian up a little bit as wel𓆉l is that for all the success at Red Bull, for all the titles, the trophies, the race wins that they’re enjoying at the moment, Toto Wolff is a co-owner of a Formula 1 team and Christian Horner isn’t.”

(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing
(L to R): Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director and Christian…

Horner is currently CEO of the Red Bull F1 team,𓂃 while Wolff is one-third owner of Merced🧸es AMG.

Croft is adamant a lot of the “animꦛosity” stems from that fact.

“And I don’t think that goes down very well with Christian. I think if you said to him, ‘Would you like to be a co-owner of that Red Bull team?’ Of course he would😼. He wants control. He wants power and Toto’s got that because he is a one-third owner of Mercedes,” he added.

💦“And Christian Horner, he might be a CEO and he might be a team principal, but he’s a paid employee of the Red Bull Formula 1 team, so he hasn’t got that autonomy to make decisions in the way that Toto has and I think a lot of the animosity on Christian’s s☂ide maybe stems from that. But I think Toto also knows how to wind Christian up as well.”

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