Christian Horner reveals sensational Mercedes F1 provide bombshell

Former Crimson Bull CEO and Workforce Principal Christian Horner has revealed a stunning potential hyperlink between himself and Mercedes in Method 1.

Horner has all the time been seen as a considerably decisive determine within the F1 world. However a yr after his departure from Crimson Bull Racing, the Briton dropped a significant bombshell surrounding his potential involvement with the Mercedes F1 staff.

In his new e-book, Drive, Horner admitted he was provided the function of Mercedes Workforce Principal over a decade in the past. The now 52-year-old highlighted that the late Nikki Lauda provided him the place to lure him away from Crimson Bull.

This got here after the Briton held talks with Lewis Hamilton, who was looking for an exit from McLaren.

In his account of the expertise, Horner stated he was “caught off guard” by Lauda’s go to to his house. After discussing the potential function with the Brackley staff, the Briton stated Lauda “laid out a collection of dazzling numbers.” The numbers would have made up Horner’s wage if he took the function, with the Austrian claiming, “Crimson Bull won’t ever pay you what Mercedes can.”

Regardless of the tempting deal and big pay rise Horner would have acquired with Mercedes, he politely turned it down. In the end, confessing to the three-time World Champion he “felt a loyalty to Dietrich [Mateschitz] and the staff.”

“In order a lot as I admire this, I’m not going to affix Mercedes,” Horner wrote.

The choice labored out for each events, as Horner stayed with Crimson Bull till 2025. Claiming 5 Drivers’ Championships and three Constructors’ Championships between 2013 and 2025. Crucially claiming back-to-back championships with Sebastian Vettel in 2012, and 2013.

The success was equally obvious for Mercedes, which signed Toto Wolff, an Austrian businessman and former racer, who has served as staff principal since 2017.

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