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 rowed 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 insisting it was a problem for Mercedes to fix themselves, in a dynamic scene capturꦜed by the cameras.
Horner was also filmed inside the paddock discussing Hamilton’s fu🌟ture: “If he did retire? Who on earth would they take?
“That would drop themꦐ really in the s*** if he decides to retire.”
Horner then said in a Netflix inter𝐆view: “What are Toto’s options if Lewis were to retire? It leaves them pretty exposed.”
Hamilton, 38, is expected to pen a n♏ew Mercedes contract until at least the end of 2024.
Horner said about Wolff’s anger inౠ the team principals’ meeting: “He got himself pretty wound up. It’s a horrible feeling to༒ suddenly only be a part of the scenery, and not competing.
“An✅d that tak🐲es an adjustment. It can cause self-doubt, and emotions that haven’t been prevalent. You start to see cracks.”
Then-Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto added about Wolff with a crypꦯtic comment: “Maybe he was under🔯 pressure for their performance at the time. Maybe he was under pressure because he promised something to someone. I don’t know.”
Mercedes endured a horrible 2022, winning just one race via 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, and never gave Hamilton the machinery to challenge 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen who, months earlier, con⛦troversially pipped him at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Horner said about Mercedes’ struggles: “Each team, you could see, were ma�ౠ�king 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, wﷺhere suddenly he’s on the bac🧸k foot.
“Let’s not forget Mercedes annihilated the opposition. Destroyed ever🤪ybody.”
Horner then burst out laughing: “Fiꦏnally, you start to see problems. Everybody is quite enjoying it!”
Horner and Wolff and their respective teams with renew their rivalry in 2023 w🐼hen the season begins next week at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covღering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
