Toto Wolff’s advice for Christian Horner as Red Bull seek to avoid ‘paranoia’ in intra-team F1 driver battle

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner has a “super tricky job” to manage Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s F1 title battle. 
Wolff’s advice for Horner as Red Bull seek to avoid F1 driver battle ‘paranoia’

Verstappen and Perez go into this weekend’s168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Miami Grand Prix sꦡeparated by just six points in the c𒉰hampionship after taking two wins apiece from the opening four rounds this season. 

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With Red Bull enjoying a dominant start to the campaign, Verstappen and Perez look set to 🌠go head-to-head in an intra-team battle to decide this year’s world championship.❀ 

Wolff, who experienced overseeing an intense rivalry between 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg as they duelled it out for consecutive world titles betw꧟een 2014 and 2016, provided Horner with some insight. 

"From my past it's a super tricky job for Christian and the team, because both drivers will obviously try to always feel that they are fairly a𒊎nd equally treated whilst at the same time trying to have an advantage," Wolff said in Friday’s press conference in Miami. 

"In our team it was important to maintain a lot of transpar🍷ency and clarity, have discussions before we actually go racing on a Sunday, and put boundaries.

Wolff’s advice for Horner as Red Bull seek to avoid F1 driver battle ‘paranoia’

“At the end, both drivers, even with Nico and Lewis, resp൲ected the team's opinion whilst we acknowledged that there is a fight, and they have a fight on between the two of them. So going back in time, there's things I probably would have done differently in 2016, particularly.

"But getting the balance right between accepting that these two guys are rac🙈ing for a championship, and it's within the same garage, and at the same time, they are part of a larger structure. 

“I think that's not al🐻ways easy, because🐎 they are very competitive animals.”

Horner c𒁏ouldn’t resist a cheeky jab at Wolff in response as he considered what his key challenge will be.

“We just do everything that Tot🐭o said but൲ just do a bit better,” Horner joked. 

Wolff’s advice for Horner as Red Bull seek to avoid F1 driver battle ‘paranoia’

"I think that it's a luxury problem,” he added. “First of all, any team principal in the pitlane would hope 🐻to have that issue, and it's something we've experienced before.

"The most key thing is to ensure that paranoia doesn't cree𒆙p in and that both drivers are treated equa꧑lly.

"You go to pains to🀅 provide equalit💞y to the point of who drives out the garage first each weekend. They even alternate in the debrief over who talks first.

"But you know, it's racing, it's Formula 1, and occasionally something will happen like a safety car or pitstop. You can't control every aspect within the sport a🎉nd there are still variables.

"I think so lon൩g as the drivꦇers know that they're both getting an equal chance, and it's ultimately down to what they do on the circuit. 

“That's where you want iꦓt to play out, not through reliability, for example, to play a key role in a championship fight between your two drivers within your own team."

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