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Toto Wolff’s wife Susie says watching “Toto winning for so many years” has caused Christian Horner to feel “a certain resentment” toward her husband.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner have been involved in a war of words throughout the 2021 Formula 1 season.
The conflict was often fodder for the media, and Horner didn’t have a problem with airing his feelings for the world to hear.
In episode nine of Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’, Susie Wolff said she understands why Horner feels “a certain kind of resentment” toward her husband.
”I can completely understand Christian,” she said.
“You know, he’s watched Toto winning for so many years. It’s clear that causes a certain resentment, and that’s competition.
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“You know, it can get tough. It can get ugly. Sport is brutal. You need to be ruthless, competitive.
“But I don’t believe that to become successful you need to be an a**hole,” Susie concluded.
In the series Toto also commented on the rivalry, and used the opportunity to slam his competitor.
“Christian is a bit like a Jack Russell Terrier who likes to snap at your heels,” Wolff said.
“It is expected that every team principal is gonna fight for the benefit of his own team. But whining in the press is something that I have seen on a new level this year,” he concluded.
