{"id":841633,"date":"2026-08-02T03:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841633\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:29:15","slug":"christian-horner-reaction-to-wkers-untelevised-david-coulthard-team-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841633\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner reaction to ‘w**kers’ untelevised David Coulthard team radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Horner sarcastically thanked David Coulthard for the \u201ccompliment\u201d after Red Bull<\/a> were called \u201cw**kers\u201d by its driver at the time.<\/p>\n

Coulthard revealed how this radio call \u2013 which was not broadcast- came after his request to move a Toro Rosso aside was ignored. Coulthard had no idea that Red Bull<\/a> team founder Dietrich Mateschitz was also listening in at the time of his foul-mouthed radio message.<\/p>\n

Christian Horner: \u2018Thanks for the compliment!\u2019<\/p>\n

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Red Bull was the final team which Coulthard raced for in Formula 1.<\/p>\n

Alongside the likes of Horner, Coulthard helped put the key foundations in place for what has become a multi-title-winning team.<\/p>\n

By 2006, Red Bull had two teams on the grid: Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso. Coulthard found out that both teams were to operate independently, looking to climb the F1 ladder to the top.<\/p>\n

Coulthard found that out when he called Red Bull \u201cw**kers\u201d over team radio. It turned out that Horner was not the only senior official listening in.<\/p>\n

Speaking via the Up To Speed podcast, Coulthard recalled: \u201cI\u2019ve been in a scenario, if I go way back, Hockenheim, probably 2007, where I came out of my pit stop behind the Toro Rosso, as it was at that time, which has now become RB.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on new tyres, it was on old tyres, and we were all part of the same family, being owned by Red Bull.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I was on the radio saying, you know, \u2018Let the Toro Rosso know that we\u2019re at different phases of the race,\u2019 and let\u2019s remind ourselves this was not a period where Red Bull Racing or Toro Rosso were scoring points on a regular basis; it was the building years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t get out of the way. I get back on the radio and say, \u2018Guys, I\u2019m just losing time.\u2019 We didn\u2019t have KERS. We didn\u2019t have DRS. We had to rely on somehow finding an overtake.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyway, they didn\u2019t get out of the way, so I\u2019m on the radio going, \u2018You\u2019re w**kers, you\u2019re all w**kers!\u2019 To which I found out, Mr. Mateschitz, the owner of Red Bull, was on the radio listening to this.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, as it turns out, his point of view was the following: there are two teams owned by Red Bull, but they independently operate, and it\u2019s about which one can rise up to the top. So, I respect that, and I respect the fact that he therefore didn\u2019t come to me afterwards and say, \u2018Don\u2019t ever speak like that on the radio again.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t broadcast. It was just when I got back to the pits, Christian Horner and the team were like, \u2018Yeah, thanks for the compliment!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Coulthard remained with Red Bull until his retirement at the end of the 2008 season.<\/p>\n

His Formula 1 career yielded 13 grand prix wins. The first came with Williams, the remaining 12 as a McLaren driver.<\/p>\n

Horner continued to lead Red Bull until his shock departure following the 2025 British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

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