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Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff might soon be giving a tour of Mercedes’ F1 factory to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, who seems to have won it in a charity auction.
The team offered a tour of their Brackley factory at the Autosport Awards Charity Auction, and Christian Horner seems to have won it. More precisely, the man whose £4,000 offer had won the auction was signed as ‘Chrisrian Horner’.
RacingNews365.com reports Horner confirmed it’s actually him, in an exclusive interview.
“Adrian [Newey, Red Bull Chief Technical Officer], myself, Pierre Waché [Technical Director] and probably Paul Field, our Director of Production, [will join him in the tour],” Horner said.
“It’ll be interesting to go and see how they’re spending their budget cap,” he added, also saying the money is aimed for a “great cause”.
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The proceeds from the auction are going to the Grand Prix Trust, an organization which provides help and advice to Formula 1 trackside and factory-based team personnel.
Horner also added this is not the first time he visited a rival team’s factory, he also visited McLaren’s HQ back in 2008.
“DC [David Coulthard] invited us and [then McLaren team boss] Martin Whitmarsh was there,” the Briton said.
“I went with Adrian; he obviously knew his way around and everywhere he wanted to go we weren’t allowed!
“I think we saw we saw the marketing and electronics departments, and had a very nice lunch, and that was about it,” Horner concluded.
