Red Bull Boss Christian Horner Once Refused to Be Influenced By “Control Freak” Rival Toto Wolff

Red Bull’s Christian Horner doesn’t go too well with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Even though their relationship isn’t too sweet, there was one time when Horner drew a line and didn’t want to get influenced by Wolff. Calling him a “control freak” the Red Bull boss slammed the Mercedes honcho for his habit.

Wolff, who had F1 under his control from 2014 to 2020, might have possibly grown up with this habit of always being the winner. In a report published by The Telegraph in 2021, the Briton shared about the Silver Arrows boss, “It’s a competitive business, and Toto’s a little bit of a control freak, as we can see.”

“And the one thing he can’t control is Red Bull. I’m probably the only one to have no conflicts of interest with Toto. I can speak my mind and tell him what I think. He maybe finds that slightly uncomfortable,” further asserted Horner.

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Christian Horner and Toto Wolff are undoubtedly two of the most renowned names in Formula 1. The Red Bull and Mercedes hotshots, who can be considered to be ‘frenemies’, have often hit out at each other for multiple reasons.

Toto Wolff calls Christian Horner a “windbag”

The conflict of interest between Christian Horner and Toto Wolff isn’t something new and there are always new developments to that story. In one such instance, Wolff called Horner a “windbag” as the spat between the two grew.

Before Horner called Wolff a “control freak” in 2021, the Mercedes boss hit the Red Bull with “a windbag who wants to be on camera.” The spat started after the flexible wing issue got the two bosses hit out at each other at Baku.

As per a report published by Planet F1, the Austrian executive stated, “Christian is a bit of a windbag… It’s about being punchy – it’s easy to be punchy when you’re on top of the timesheet, but he should be a little bit more modest I think.”

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As Red Bull and Mercedes are on even ground after the ferocious battle in 2021 and 2022, the intensity of the battle between the two top team bosses is expected to be on the raise. However, loving Toto Wolff or hating him, Horner made sure that he finds a special place on Toto Wolff’s desk.