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Christian Horner rivalry prompts X-rated jibe from Toto Wolff
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff called Christian Horner a d**k after his exit from Red Bull last month. Horner, who was at the helm of the Red Bull F1 team for over two decades, had a heated rivalry with Wolff that was captured on Netflix’s Drive to Survive.
Despite Horner’s departure, Wolff kept the rivalry alive in a recent interview, mentioning how they had been fighting for 12 years. Wolff admitted that he misses having such a strong rival in the paddock now that Horner is no longer there.
Their rivalry started in 2014 when Wolff joined Mercedes, just as the team began dominating the sport. Red Bull’s decline in performance coincided with Mercedes’ rise, leading to multiple championships for the Silver Arrows.
The intense competition between the two teams culminated in an iconic moment in 2021 when Max Verstappen won the championship for Red Bull. Wolff expressed his feelings of loneliness in the paddock without his longtime rival Horner, referring to them as “the old dinosaurs” of F1.
As the landscape of Formula 1 continues to evolve, with new teams rising to challenge the status quo, the absence of Horner signifies the end of an era marked by fierce competition and iconic rivalries on the track.
