Horner accuses McLaren and Mercedes of trying to destabilize Red Bull

Christian Horner has been the center of attention in F1 for some time in 2024, not always for the best reasons. However, the manager stated that everything has been caused by external factors, as the other teams are trying to destabilize Red Bull.

Before the start of the season, the Briton was placed under internal investigation after an employee of the Austrian team accused him of inappropriate behavior. However, the case came to nothing, Christian was acquitted and the woman was removed from her position.

Still, Red Bull seems to be going through a complicated phase despite the easy lead among the drivers with Max Verstappen and the Constructors. In addition to the fingers pointed at the boss, Adrian Newey announced his departure from the squad and more names seem to want to “abandon the ship”.

But for Horner, it is McLaren and Mercedes who have been pushing the team’s smear campaign. “I think we all know there are two candidates involved, they talk a lot. And, look, I’m not going to convince Zak [Brown, CEO da McLaren] of that, but I would be more focused on the problems that Toto has [Wolff, chefe da Mercedes].”, he commented.

Furthermore, Christian highlighted that he is not bothered by rumors that members of Red Bull in F1 are leaving to sign with McLaren. “Of course there will always be movement between the teams, I don’t know how many people from McLaren we hired this year or how many people from Racing Bulls we employed at Mercedes, we hired 220 people. 220 for the Red Bull engine division, so when we talk about losing people, I would be a little more worried about the 220, maybe not one or two.”

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