Christian Horner hits back at Toto Wolff as Lewis Hamilton is fastest in practice


Christian Horner hits back at Toto Wolff as Lewis Hamilton is fastest in practice

Toto Wolff and Christian Horner

The drama between Red Bull and Mercedes in expected to be on its peak as there are only 5 races to go, in determining the winner of the 2021 Formula 1 season. Now, with the Austrian team expected to dominate throughout the Mexican Grand Prix, it was the reigning world champion, Lewis Hamilton who was the fastest on the first day. However, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called arch rival team boss Toto Wolff a “pantomime dame” before taking aim at the Mercedes executive’s claim. 

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To those who are not aware, in an interview published this week, Wolff described Horner as a “protagonist in a pantomime”. Which surely seems to be on the mind of Christian Horner during the first day of the Mexican Grand Prix. 

Christian Horner on Toto Wolff 

Christian Horner and Toto Wolff
Christian Horner and Toto Wolff

Now responding to Wolff, Horner said as quoted by RTE“Look, we all know that Toto has a lot to say, but I was quite flattered to be called a protagonist. If you look at the definition of what it means, you also need an antagonist to have a protagonist, and one could say that perhaps Toto fills that role pretty well. And if it were a pantomime, maybe the pantomime dame role might suit him, too. 

“Occasionally you are going to get some flak thrown at you, but one takes it with a pinch of salt, and sometimes even as a compliment.” 

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Max Verstappen
Christian Horner

In the Daily Mail interview, Toto Wolff also suggested that Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen could be involved in repeat of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost’s championship-deciding clashes. 

“I was disappointed to read those comments and that that sort of thing was being condoned,” added Horner. “We want a fair fight between now and the end of the season. Any driver would want to win the title on the track. We are a racing team and aiming to win the constructors’ championship and we do want to pull off the feat without a collision between our drivers. 

“We have already had two collisions this year and nobody wants a title fight to be decided in a gravel trap.” ]

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