F1 news: Toto Wolff addresses Christian Horner future and warns of ‘repercussions’
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has not always had the best relationship with the former Red Bull team principal.
Still, he denies attempting to block Christian Horner from returning to Formula One.
Horner was sacked last July, but tensions with Wolff have always been clear, especially during the 2021 title race between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Wolff’s latest comments tackle the implications of a possible Horner return.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Luca Salmasi takes a closer look at Toto Wolff’s thoughts on a potential Christian Horner return.
Alpine stake links
“He has broken quite a lot of glass, and these things have repercussions in our microcosm,” Wolff told Sky Sports on the impact of Horner’s potential return to the sport.
Wolff added: “When you say things - but that is what he has done all his life, and that is what he knows best.”
“Us looking at that stake is in no connection with Christian. And the idea that there is a rivalry between Christian and me around who buys an Alpine stake is made up.
He continued: “It would be quite sad if that were a consideration of doing such an investment or not.
“We are looking at it from different angles, and we haven’t come to any conclusions. We want to know whether it makes sense.”
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Hesitant on potential comeback
“I am in two minds about it,” said Wolff.
Wolff continued: “The sport is missing personalities. And his personality was clearly very controversial, and that is good for the sport.”
“I said to Fred Vasseur that it needs ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’. And it is now only the good and the ugly left. The bad is gone.”
Reflection on past relationship
“Would I consider that he could ever be an ally or someone that shares objectives? I don’t think so,” Wolff said.
“But even when I had the biggest frustration and anger with him, you need to remind yourself that even your worst enemy has a best friend, so there must be some goodness,” he added.
“If there wasn’t that competitive rivalry over so many years, and if there was more water down the river, I am sure I could have hung with him over dinner and had a laugh.
“Over those years, it was just too intense, too fierce, and things happened which even today I cannot comprehend why he has done them.
“I don’t know if he is finding his way back, and in which function. I certainly don’t wish him bad. And we need to give each other credit.
“There are not many team principals who have done what he has done.”
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