{"id":186753,"date":"2025-10-03T05:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/186753\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:06:07","slug":"sky-f1-reporter-ted-kravitz-reveals-what-he-really-thinks-of-christian-horner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/186753\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky F1 reporter Ted Kravitz reveals what he really thinks of Christian Horner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former F1 team principal Christian Horner has been called \u201cintensely competitive\u201d by Sky\u2019s Ted Kravitz, so much so he even wanted to \u201cwin out of every interview\u201d.<\/p>\n

Horner abruptly left Formula 1 in the wake of the British Grand Prix, when Red Bull announced he\u2019d been relieved of his operational duties as Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal.<\/p>\n

Ted Kravitz on Christian Horner: I was like, \u2018OK, right \u2013 I assume the interview\u2019s over\u2019<\/p>\n

More than two months later, Red Bull announced that the team and Horner had formally parted ways.<\/p>\n

While exact financial details were not revealed, PlanetF1.com understands that a financial compromise<\/a>, to a sum in the region of $100 million (\u00a374.2m), was agreed with Horner. Furthermore, the compromise reached could free Horner up to return to Formula 1 by the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n

Rather surprisingly, Horner\u2019s exit was not met by cheers from his rival team principals despite their heated battles, both on and off the track.<\/p>\n

McLaren CEO Zak Brown told Bloomberg: \u201cI think he\u2019s had a stellar career in Formula 1. His results are lots of Drivers\u2019 Championships, [Constructors\u2019] World Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when you get into sport, not everyone\u2019s best friends\u2026 I\u2019ve got my friends in pitlane and some that aren\u2019t, but I think that\u2019s what makes it exciting and it\u2019s authentic and genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toto Wolff also lamented the loss of his frenemy, saying, \u201cIn a way, I do [miss him]. Because him and I, we\u2019ve been fighting for 12 years. He\u2019s been a ****** very often, and I told him that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you know, he was a very polarising, controversial person. He was one of the main actors in the cast here.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Brown and Wolff aren\u2019t the only ones in the paddock who both appreciated and rued Horner\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n

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Speaking about the former Red Bull team boss\u2019 \u201cintensely competitive\u201d nature, Sky\u2019s pit lane reporter Kravitz told the Telegraph that Horner knew how to play the media game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to win out of every interview,\u201d he said, \u201cbut he wants to win out of everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you know you\u2019re in a game, that almost makes you try and throw that 90mph fastball or hit him with a lob shot, or bowl a googly that might elicit something.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, Christian also knew that lots of people working at Red Bull were on the other side of the camera, and he wanted to be seen as fighting for them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravitz explained he tried for that fastball against Horner at the beginning of the year when Liam Lawson was clearly under pressure at Red Bull after a hat-trick of Q1 exits in his opening two race weekends.<\/p>\n

Recording back-to-back P20s in sprint quali and qualifying for the grand prix at the Chinese Grand Prix, Kravitz quizzed Horner on his driver\u2019s performances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said \u2018do you have a little problem with Liam?\u2019 And he didn\u2019t really give an answer. He just said, \u2018Well, you know, it\u2019s OK, we\u2019ll address it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHad he said \u2018Well, it\u2019s very interesting you say that. You know, Liam\u2019s actually had an issue with turn six all week\u2026 he\u2019s losing time, he\u2019s actually not as slow as the times would suggest\u2019\u2026 if you give a bit of an explanation and description for my viewer, then I would have thought, \u2018OK, fair enough\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the way he said \u2018we\u2019ll take a look at it\u2019. And I just instantly thought \u2013 \u2018hang on, you didn\u2019t pay off Checo [Sergio Perez] for this, did you? You wanted a quicker driver, is he not a quicker driver?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s word for word what I said, because it was just a human reaction in my head.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then he looked at me with that stare that I\u2019ve become quite used to with Christian, and then sort of shut the interview down and said, \u2018We\u2019ll look at it, and then make a decision\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018OK, right \u2013 I assume the interview\u2019s over\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kravitz and Horner may yet butt heads again next season with the 51-year-old speculatively\u00a0linked to teams including Alpine and Aston Martin.<\/p>\n

PlanetF1.com, however, understands he is not in active discussion to return to F1 with his focus currently on his family.<\/p>\n

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