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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says he “would never smash a set of headphones up” like Toto Wolff did. Wolff responds: “I don’t think too much about what he thinks.”
In a new Sky Sports documentary “Secrets of Success”, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner discuss their leadership styles.
At one point in the documentary, Horner criticised Wolff for smashing his headphones at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, in the middle of a fierce title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.
“Any sport is a mind game but when you see a camp part losing it and smashing a set of headphones up you think ‘OK, you’re feeling the pressure’,” Horner said.
“And if he is feeling the pressure, then everybody else around him is feeling the pressure, because pressure permeates from the top.
“I would never smash a set of headphones up. Internally I would have smashed mentally those headphones just as hard as him but I just wouldn’t have done it physically.
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“I just think everybody is different,” the Briton concluded.
Wolff, on the other hand, wasn’t overly concerned about Horner’s comments.
“I don’t think too much about what he thinks,” the Austrian said.
“But I’m just trying to be authentic. I’m a very emotional guy and wear my heart on my sleeve, taking it badly if somebody tries to harm the team.
“Sometimes the headphones break and when I see that I’m not proud. My emotions have put me into trouble.
“But it’s just who I am,” Wolff concluded.
