Christian Horner refused to hit back at Toto Wolff’s “rent free” jibe: “I sleep well at night…”
The team principals from Red Bull and Mercedes have had an explosive relationship in the past two years, since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen usurped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton as the F1 champion.
Their bust-ups have been documented by Netflix’s ‘Drive To Survive’ but, ahead of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Bahrain Grand Prix to begin the 2023 season, ꧙Horner has dismissed a jibe from Wolff🍒.
“I am living in his head rent-free,” Wolff said to in Januဣary. “The guy is obsessed. Every second that I spend on tal💎king about Horner is a waste of time in my life.”
When ask🍒ed to reply by the this week, Horner said: “I don’t take an﷽y interest in that.
“It’s a new season. I’m 🎀concentrating on what I’m doing. Competition is part of sport. I sleep well at night.”
Red Bull were in ominouꦿs fo🅺rm at preseason testing in Bahrain, a week before the season begins, and Verstappen is eyeing a third straight title.
Horner sai💞d about his star driver: “If you look at his ꦇfirst out lap of the test, Max comes in two-and-a-half seconds quicker than any other driver.
“His ability to get in and get on with it, I’ve never seen anything like it. There is no build-up o🤡r easing youℱr way in.”
Verstappen had joked about losing his weight after indulging over the winter, but H💮orner explained: “He lives for a bit of freedom in the winter because he knows he has to ꩲgive 11 months of chicken and lettuce.
“He’s a young guyဣ and you need to give him that space. He’෴s in great shape. He’s on his weight, and he knocked out 160 laps on day one of testing and he looked fresh afterwards.
“He’🎉s quite straightforwar💯d in many ways. He just drives the wheels off it, and is pretty mellow out of the car.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spo𒆙rts forไ a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
