Christian Horner has claimed “emotions ran high” last season as he opens up on his rivalry with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Horner described details about the battle between the pair amid disagreements about the team’s budget cap breach.
It comes after Horner was asked if he “thrives off” the rivalry with the Mercedes boss. The pair were embroiled in a dramatic title fight last season and have since battled on opposite sides of the fence on key issues this season.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Horner said: “Formula One is a competition and it’s a competitive business and people deal with competition and pressure in different ways. Of course, Mercedes have been the dominant team the last eight years,
“Last year was the first time a team managed to beat them, with Max Verstappen, taking it all the way to the final race. You saw emotions run high, you saw the pressure how it permeates, how people sometimes deal with pressure.”
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He added: “So perhaps when these accusations are made, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and you know we take umbrage and extremely seriously the remarks that have been made.” Ferrari boss Binotto appeared to side with Mercedes, joining Wolff for private talks on the Friday ahead of the Singapore GP.
Wolff has since hit back at the FIA’s decision to find Mercedes guilty of just a minor breach of FIA rules. He explained: “Is it a so-called minor breach, because I think the word is probably not correct?
“If you’re spending £4.5m ($5) more, and you’re still in the minor breach, it still has a big impact on the championship.”
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