{"id":25117,"date":"2025-07-26T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25117\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T08:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T08:48:08","slug":"toto-wolff-could-be-in-the-sht-with-potential-christian-horner-f1-return-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/25117\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff could be \u2018in the\u00a0sh*t\u2019 with potential Christian Horner F1 return route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff<\/a> quipped that he could be \u201cin the sh*t\u201d if ex-Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner decided to return to Formula 1<\/a> with the FIA.<\/p>\n

Wolff and Horner had shared an intense rivalry during the turbo-hybrid era of the sport, especially since the 2021 season, when Max Verstappen derailed Lewis Hamilton\u2019s run of four consecutive World Championships.<\/p>\n

After the Briton\u2019s shock sacking by the Red Bull board earlier this month, Wolff is sure that the 51-year-old will pop back up in the paddock very soon. <\/p>\n

That said, he joked that given their combustible relationship in the past, he hopes Horner doesn\u2019t take up a role within the governing body of F1, the FIA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s gone forever,\u201d he told Sky Sports. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think he is going to pop up in some kind of other function.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to be careful, he could be rocking up in the FIA and then I\u2019m really in the sh*t. You never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MaxMax Verstappen has been linked with a move to Mercedes<\/p>\n

Wolff is monitoring Verstappen situation<\/p>\n

Reports coming from the Belgian Grand Prix <\/a>weekend hint that Wolff is adamant on sticking with his current line-up of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wolff commented on how the situation at Red Bull, with Horner\u2019s departure, suggests a big reshuffle within the ranks. <\/p>\n

And with all the speculation surrounding Verstappen\u2019s future, the Austrian wasn\u2019t coy about how he is indeed monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there is much more in the background that we probably don\u2019t know with Red Bull, the mothership and the whole constellation,\u201d added Wolff. <\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at the drivers, in my position as team principal of Mercedes, I need to find out, I need to explore what Max is going to do in the next few years, not only next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as far as Horner is concerned, while the duo never really looked eye-to-eye, Wolff is saddened to see one of his biggest rivals exit after leading the Milton Keynes-based squad since its inception in 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201c[If] you look at it from the main protagonists, he was somebody that was controversial, that was polarising, and not \u2018soft-washed\u2019,\u201d he asserted. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was good from the entertainment factor and from that perspective he\u2019s clearly going to be missed. His track record speaks for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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