Toto Wolff says speaking about Red Bull chief Christian Horner is a waste of his time however believes Horner is “obsessed” with him; In 2022 Sky Sports activities interview, Horner mentioned ‘it is very simple to tug his chain’ when discussing Wolff
By Amar Mehta
Final Up to date: 21/01/23 1:13pm
Toto Wolff says he nonetheless thinks in regards to the choices taken in the course of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Toto Wolff believes he’s residing in Christian Horner’s head “lease free” and thinks talking in regards to the Red Bull chief is a “waste of time”.
The Mercedes chief and Horner have publicly sparred a number of instances, with Horner making digs at Wolff throughout an award ceremony in December, joking that his rival was the Rookie of the 12 months at the Autosport Awards.
When requested about what he thinks of their rivalry throughout an interview with The Times, Wolff mentioned: “I’m residing in his head rent-free. The man is obsessed.
“Each second that I spend on speaking about Horner is a waste of time in my life.”
The rivalry between the pair got here to a head in the course of the 2021 season when Mercedes and Red Bull had been battling it out for the championship.
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There was definitely no love misplaced between Mercedes staff principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull boss Christian Horner in the course of the 2021 title tussle
The season resulted in controversial trend, when Michael Masi made a contentious security automobile choice which allowed Max Verstappen to beat Lewis Hamilton to the title.
Wolff opened up in regards to the frustrations after the Abu Dhabi race and mentioned the choice taken by Masi in the course of the race breached the “precept of equity”.
“On the finish of the race, a person (Masi, who has since been changed) took choices that weren’t mirrored wherever within the rule ebook and had been so drastic that they made the end result unbelievable.
“That could be a second whenever you fall out of affection with the game…the precept of equity was breached.
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“The FIA took the man out of the job as a result of it was a human error. But it surely’s carried out and dusted now. I nonetheless give it some thought so much, however not with anger; it’s simply incomprehensible the way it took place.”
Throughout the 2022 season, Wolff and Horner had disputes over bouncing cars, illegal flexible floors and the cost cap row.
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Horner: It is easy to tug Wolff’s chain!
During an exclusive interview with Sky Sports in August 2022, Horner was requested about his rivalry with Wolff and mentioned “it is very simple to tug his chain”.
“Toto is Toto. He is carried out an exceptional job with Mercedes. He is clearly come into the game from a really completely different background to me, he is very a lot from a monetary background,” he mentioned.
“And it is very simple to tug his chain, and you’ll see it. Generally it impacts him. So after all whenever you’re competing, and final 12 months was so intense and naturally it was the primary time he’d ever been in that scenario, it is all the time fascinating to see how folks react.
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“And after they’re smashing headphones and so forth, you possibly can see that you simply received to them.”
Requested if he thought he was a greater staff boss than Wolff, Horner added: “That is not for me to evaluate…
“I am targeted on what I am doing, you guys are decide and jury. Generally we get judged by Sky however that is not for me… I am targeted on what I am doing and he is targeted on what he is doing.”