Norris drove into the back of Piastri at the Canadian Grand Prix<\/a>, but aside from that, their battles have been relatively well-mannered.<\/p>\n However, some pairings don\u2019t get on quite as well, such as Christian Horner<\/a> and Toto Wolff<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prior to last season, Red Bull<\/a> and Mercedes<\/a> had won every constructors\u2019 title since Brawn GP in 2009.<\/p>\n Although Horner and Wolff were occasionally friendly, as seen in the paddock at the conclusion of the 2023 season in Abu Dhabi when they were arm-in-arm, the majority of the time, they were furious competitors.<\/p>\n “It certainly wasn’t instigated or required or set off by Red Bull”<\/p>\n Christian Horner shuts down suggestions that Red Bull were behind complaints that have triggered an FIA investigation into Susie Wolff \u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/7Gmgso7neA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) December 6, 2023<\/a> <\/p>\n View Tweet<\/p>\n Even more recently, Horner\u2019s Red Bull team protested George Russell\u2019s victory in Canada<\/a>, even though it seemed likely that the complaint would be thrown out.<\/p>\n \u200b\u200bRussell and Max Verstappen came to blows in Qatar<\/a> last year, and both team principals had their say on the matter, which did little to improve the relationship between the two teams.<\/p>\n Horner has now left his role as team principal of Red Bull<\/a> after more than 20 years, leaving Wolff without one of his nemeses in the paddock.<\/p>\n However, it has emerged that in his home country of Austria, he found another way to get under his rival\u2019s skin.<\/p>\n READ MORE: All you need to know about Mercedes F1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff<\/a><\/p>\n Journalist Peter Hardenacke was speaking on the Backstage Boxengasse Podcast<\/a> about Horner\u2019s Red Bull dismissal.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cYes, and this vanity which grew ever greater with Christian Horner.<\/p>\n \u201cI also think that Drive to Survive played a role there, right? That somewhere, the touch with reality was lost.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is an episode, perhaps someone could also tell you about it, there was a feature that was made by Servus TV, the in-house channel of Red Bull, about Toto Wolff, the team principal of Mercedes.<\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 460 2 222 3 210 4 172 5 59 6 41 7 36 8 36 9 29 10 19 <\/p>\n \u201cAnd apparently, Christian Horner saw it and then immediately made an angry phone call, asking why they hadn\u2019t done something like that with him.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, you can see in which areas Christian Horner was active and what was important to him.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd even in some of the episodes of Drive to Survive, it\u2019s a great format, clearly it made Formula 1 bigger and more famous, but I think that was already too far removed from what a team principal should be doing.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: All to know about sacked Red Bull team principal Christian Horner with net worth<\/a><\/p>\n Christian Horner looking to emulate Toto Wolff\u2019s F1 team ownership role<\/p>\n Horner had a lot of control in his role at Red Bull as CEO and team principal.<\/p>\n However, he was never in a position to take an additional step up and become a partial owner of the team, with Red Bull shares distributed between the Austrian and Thai sides of the business.<\/p>\n At Mercedes, Wolff is part-owner and team principal, giving him more control than any other team boss in the paddock, and Horner is said to be \u2018jealous\u2019 of Wolff\u2019s position<\/a> as a result.<\/p>\n TEAM PRINCIPALTEAMDEBUT RACEToto WolffMercedes2013 Australian GPAndrea StellaMcLaren2023 Bahrain GPFred VasseurFerrari2023 Bahrain GPJames VowlesWilliams2023 Bahrain GPAyao KomatsuHaas2024 Bahrain GPAndy CowellAston Martin2025 Australian GPJonathan WheatleySauber2025 Japanese GPFlavio Briatore*Alpine2025 Emilia Romagna GPLaurent MekiesRed Bull2025 Belgian GPAlan PermaneRacing Bulls2025 Belgian GPFormula 1 team principals sorted by debut race There have been suggestions that Horner and Bernie Ecclestone could go into a part-ownership agreement<\/a> with a team on the grid.<\/p>\n![\"Red](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222624980-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Mark Thompson\/Getty ImagesChristian Horner \u2018angry\u2019 Toto Wolff received recognition from Red Bull-backed TV station in Austria<\/p>\n
*Flavio Briatore took charge from Oliver Oakes as de facto team principal<\/p>\n