Christian Horner has commented on the “pꦍretty sharp” remarks from his rival🌳 F1 team bosses as hostilities get set to renew.

The Red Bull boss was told last season by McLaren’s Zak Brown that his staff were sending out their CVs and trying ♕to get new jobs, in the wake of Adrian Newey’s resignation.

Mercedes’ Toto Wolꦺff also spent parts of 2024 publicly courting Max Ver🥀stappen.

"You have to remember that we came off a sꦡeason where we didn't just dominate, we annihilated the opposition in 2023, and won 22 of 23 races,” Horner told Goodwood.

“I've said it before, but the higher you rise, the s𓂃harper the knives, and ﷽they got pretty sharp at some points during 2024.

“But when there is so much at stake, other teams will use whatever tools they have to try and destabilise what has been a hugely suc💖cessful team."

Horner was also cleared after an investigation into his behaviour, when a Red Bull staff member mad🐼e a𒁃ccusations against him.

Jos Verstappen, his star d🎐river’s fath๊er, called for Horner’s exit from the team.

There was reportedly a power play within Red Bull - between the Austrian side of the business and its Thai shareholde𝄹rs - with Horner in the middle.

"You have to be pretty thick skinned in this business, and you just have to keep focused on your ♌bel♔iefs and commitments,” Horner said.

“We have a tremendous workforce, we hav🌌e tremendous loyalty within the workforce, and passion for what people do.

“Without that passion, you wouldn't a෴chieve the k෴ind of results that we have."

Christian Horner vows to 'do things better in the future'

He added: "You're always le⛎arning in life, always applying lessons.

“The day y💯ou think you know it all, or you're not learning, is the day you're 𝕴going backwards. 

“It's the same in life, it's the same with the car, it's the same with everything, that yღou're always learning, always applying lessons that you've learned to tr📖y and do things better in the future."

Horner also ♐had to deal 🐼with Red Bull’s dominance of F1 waning in 2024.

McLaren’s car became faster, and the♓y overtook Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, eventually winning it.

Ferrari also overhauled Red Bull in the constructors’. Horner’s team were not heꦓlped by Sergio Perez’s inability to score points, and speculation ramped up about whether Red Bull would need to axe him.

Daniel Ricciardo instead lost his seat at their sister team in 🌟a dramatic saga which saw♚ Liam Lawson enter F1.

Hoཧrner has now replaced Perez with Lawson, alongside Verstappen who won his fourth F1 drivers’ title in a row.

Red Bull and Verstappen are expected to co𝐆me unde🥂r more intense pressure for both titles in 2025.