Horner: Compared to other team leaders, Wolff is "a different animal"

Christian Horner said Toto Wolff was "a different animal" compared to the other team leaders he faced.

Horner and Wolff's team won the biggest prize for the 2021 season, with the help of Max Verstappen, Red Bull finally won the drivers' championship in the final race, while Mercedes won the constructors' championship for the eighth consecutive time. As their drivers fought the track, the team leaders also clashed, and the two of them often criticized each other in interviews with the media.

Red Bull's team leader said he didn't like to be involved in such clashes, but he said it was part of the sport and part of his job.

Horner said, "Do I like it? No, but is it part of the movement? Yeah, I don't know if I'm good at the sport, but I love the sport so much, I grew up in the industry and I think your performance on the track is the most important. ”

This isn't the first title battle Horner has been involved in, with Red Bull winning double championships in every season from 2010-2013 and facing tough challenges from other teams in two of those years. It was the first time he had had such a bitter, long-standing feud with the manager of the opposing team, as he maintained relative courtesy in 2010 and 2012 when he played against then-Ferrari team manager Stefano Domenicalli.

The Englishman, who saw Wolff as the main reason, said the Austrian was "a different animal" with the other team leaders.

He said: "When Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso were vying for the world title, Stefano Domenicali was the team leader of ferrari, at that time, the race was different, arguably 'gentleman level', yet last year was intense on and off the track. I think it was Toto who caused the difference – he was a different animal. ”