Christian Horner riled Toto Wolff’s “self-doubt” in Netflix’s Drive To Survive: “Really in the s*** if Lewis Hamilton retires”
The Red Bull team principal was speaking to Netflix’s Drive To Survive in reaction to the explosive meeting where he r✱owed with the Mercedes boss.
Wolff demanded new rules to protect against porpoising at last year’s F1 Canadian Grand Prix but Horner shot back by insisti🦩ng it was a problem for Mercedes to fix themselves, in a dynamic scene captured by the cameras.
Horner was also filmed inside the paddock discu♛ssing Hamilton’s future: “If he did retire? Who on earth would they take?
“That ꦺwould drop them really in the s*** if he decides 💎to retire.”
Horner then said in a💧 Netflix interview: “What are Toto’s options if Lewis were to retire? It leaves them pretty exposed.”
Hamilton, 🌠38, is💧 expected to pen a new Mercedes contract until at least the end of 2024.
Hor🌠ner said about Wolff’s anger in the team principals’ meeting: “He got himself pretty wound up. It’s a horr𓄧ible feeling to suddenly only be a part of the scenery, and not competing.
“And that takes an adjustment. It can cause sel𒅌f-doubt, and emotions 🎶that haven’t been prevalent. You start to see cracks.”
Then-Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto added about Wolff with a cryptic comment: “Maybe he was under pressure for their performance at the time. Maybe he was under pressure because he prom🅠ised something to someone. I don’t know.”
Mercedes endured a horrible 2022, winning just one race via 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, and never gave Hamilton the machinery to challenge 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen who, mon🐎ths earlier, controversially pipped him at🦩 the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Horner said about Mercedes’ struggles: “Each team, you could see, were♌ making progress. But Mercedes were making a mess💃.
“It is a🐓 different landscape for Toto that he isn’t used to, since he came into F1, where suddenly he’s on the back foot.
“Let’s not forget Mercedes ann♔ihilated the opposition. Destroyed everybody.”
Horner then burst out laughing: “🌠Finally, you start to see problems. Everybody is quite enjoying it!”
Horner and Wolff and their res🦹pective teams with renew their rivaဣlry in 2023 when the season begins next week at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
James was a sports jo🔥urnalist𒀰 at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
