Horner enjoys the competition: 'The more Wolff gets wound up, the more fun'

In a conversation with Channel 4, Horner talks about the battle between the two teams. "Of course it’s the first time Mercedes and Toto have been in a situation where he’s been challenged. he’s been in a situation where he came into the team, the drivers already signed, the engine was already in place. He’s done a great job to keep that team winning. But there’s been no real competition."

Mercedes has been the dominant team in Formula 1 since 2014 and this season is actually the first time there has been any real competition until the end. Horner talks about the respect between the two teams, but also the different ways of working. "This is the first time it’s a true scrap, it’s a true competition. There is a respect, I think, between the teams, but I think we operate in very different ways."

'The more he gets excited, the more fun'

Horner continues: "I want to be very much on the front line, I sit on the pit wall with the strategists and the engineers. Toto will sit in the garage next to the press guy, so they’re different functions, they’re different roles. They’re different outlooks, but of course, the competition is fierce. I think that’s the key thing about this championship. We’re loving the competition and the more Toto gets wound up, the more fun it becomes."

"The next twelve weeks will determine whether we win the championship or not. And we got eight cup finals basically to ensure that we deliver at our very best. Mercedes are beatable and it’s only if we’re at our very best. We can succeed, we’ve proved we can do it. We’ve proved to ourselves that we can do it. We got ourselves into that position," says the Red Bull team boss. With just seven races to go, the end of the season promises to be more exciting than ever.