Red Bull began the season with a 1-2 finish at the Bahrain season opener. While the predictions of Max Verstappen’s fourth title have already begun making rounds, something else had completely overshadowed the happy atmosphere. It was the Christian Horner controversy. While Jos Verstappen is the latest to take a dig at Horner, his old rival Toto Wolff also had something to say.

Christian Horner arrived in the paddock hand in hand with wife Geri. While she looked at her flamboyant self, he looked a bit beaten down by what had happened the night before. After a clean chit was given to Horner, an anonymous dossier of proofs against the Red Bull TP was sent to hundreds of journalists. However, amidst all of this, Toto Wolff has taken a rather unique stand. He believes it is wrong to force the rival teams to take a stand on such a delicate matter.

According to PitDebrief, Wolff said, “Like I said before, I think the moment I start to continue to question how this is being handled, I’m probably not doing any good to the whole issue. Because then it could be seen as this is just about a power fight within F1. That’s why I think it’s not in the team’s hands. It’s a much bigger topic.” The 52-year-old further demanded the governing body to make the right decision.

Wolff added, “I don’t want to diminish the whole situation by making it seem like the Mercedes or the McLaren guy talks about the Red Bull guy. I think we’ll see where it goes in the next days. And I very much hope that the governing body, the sanctioning body sets the compass right.”

Having been in the sport for a long time, Wolff understands the sensitivity of the situation and has decided to focus on the controllable at hand to make the sport a better place.

“We should look at ourselves”: Toto Wolff amid Christian Horner Controversy

Taking a leaf out of his driver Lewis Hamilton’s book, Wolff has decided to look at the bigger picture. Taking the high road instead of aiding the media trial, he has decided his course of action amidst the Horner fiasco.

He said, “I think the handling of the situation is very critical for F1.” The Austrian added, “It’s not in the hands of competitors to have any action, and we should look at ourselves in terms of what is it we can do in order to optimize on all of these topics: equality and diversity. That’s what we’re doing.”

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