Christian Horner begins mind games with Ferrari’s Fred Vasseur, and digs at Mercedes and Williams over James Vowles move
Former Renault, Sauber and Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur has taken over at Maranello, replacing Mattia Binotto, while Vowles left his role at Merced𝓀es to become the team principal at Williams.
Red Bull🔥’s Horner knows these moves will shak🉐e-up the dynamic in the paddock ahead of the F1 2023 campaign and has taken aim at his new rivals.
Horner said to about Mercedes allowing Vowles to be released early from his job as chief strategist to move to Williams: "Is there anything attached🧔 to that?
“William🔯s would have obviously done what's right for them and right for their business.
“But only they will kno🌄w what has been agreed for that early release to💮 have happened.
"I don't know James par꧑ticularly well, but he's obviously a very capabl♔e guy.
"Williams will have don💮e their due diligence and reဣsearch and I think it's great that they're giving him the chance to make that step up. So I think that can only be good news for Williams.”
Horner addressed new Ferrari boss Vasseur: “It will be interesting to see if he’s still arguing about the same points that he was for S🅺auber in upcoming meetin🧜gs!
“But aga▨in, he’s a very capable guy. So it will be very interesti♑ng. I’m sure they’re all very capable people.
“So we’ll get to see what the dynamics are at the next Formula 1 Commissio⭕n meeting.”
The Red Bull team principal said about𒐪 Binotto, who became the latest to leave the Ferrari job: “It h📖as been interesting to watch the movement.
“I have sympathy for Mat𒉰tia, because u🍃ltimately he’d done a good job.
“Last year, that was a big step forward from where they had been, so that must be tough for him📖 after such long service that he had given to Ferrari.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering🌠 everything from American sports, to ဣfootball, to F1.
