Christian Horner Quotes

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don’t think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

There is always going to be competition from other countries and different venues who want to host a race, but the British GP is a must have.

The great thing about Daniel Ricciardo is you can’t not like him, he‘s got a big smile, he loves what he does, he’s a great personality.

Sport is escapism. Sport is a release.

My focus has always been very much on what we’re doing at Red Bull. We can’t control what others do. It’s not our business.

I would hate to see the championship decided on grid penalties.

Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order.

Personally, I would go back to V12s, which make a tremendous noise, and have open cockpits and make the drivers heroes again.

The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it’s almost like going back to school for a new school year.

The cap is a discussion about competitiveness, not about money. It’s about trying to bring the top teams down to a level where the midfield teams feel they can compete. The reality is that whatever the level of spend there will always be teams that run at the front and teams that run at the back.

Red Bull has invested a huge amount in youth and should be commended.

I’ve grown up in motorsport since I was 12 or 13 years of age; I’ve never been on a management training course.

Mercedes and Ferrari are working as one team these days. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which.

And I’d get back to the cars being physical challenges to drive – to tame the beast. The cars we have at the moment are fantastic bits of engineering, but it’s a little too comfortable, a little too easy. I think I’d go back to making the driver a bigger variable.

A Hamilton-Vettel combination, on paper, would look very attractive to any team. However, what you have to look at is the dynamics of any partnership like that and it’s difficult to see how two sportsmen at the absolute top of their game could work in harmony under one roof.

F1’s ability to problem-solve is second to none and our ability to make rapid prototype parts is again second to none.

Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.

It is unnatural for drivers and team members to be sitting on their hands when we would usually be racing.

What we expect from our drivers, as team mates, is that they show respect for each other and allow one another enough room on the race track.

We want to be a works partner. Ferrari and Mercedes have their own works teams so where would you be in the pecking order if you’re a customer?

Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor.

Mercedes and Ferrari fear Red Bull more than any other team because they know the potency and capability that we have.

You can window-dress and promote a movie as much as you like but if the movie hasn’t got substance and isn’t an exciting movie, people won‘t watch it.

Obviously a decision was made to elevate both Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, who are two of the most exciting talents on the periphery of Formula 1, into race seats at Toro Rosso.

Red Bull have always been very good at nurturing young talent – Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo are products of that – and it is important with Asian talent that people keep investing in it. There’s a massive pool of people, for sure, and the next Sebastian Vettel is out there somewhere.

Just taking the front wing and saying that will make racing better, it’s quite a naive and ultimately expensive approach.

The main reason for our achievements is teamwork. It’s quite simply the group of people that are here at Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Technology working as one unit.

Formula 1 need to have a good look at itself. As a show, I think we need to put on a better show for the fans.

It’s so important to come up with the right specification of cars – they need to be loud, they need to be fast.

For Infiniti, the global coverage that Formula One provides is second only to the Olympics.

As far as I’m concerned, I enjoy what I do, I enjoy the competition, working with a group of people to get the best out of them.

The prospect of being able to run a race behind closed doors is absolutely feasible.

We’re very clear in the race that priority will be given to the lead car and more risk will be taken with the tail car. Sometimes that will work out, sometimes it won’t, but it’s very clear going into the event that those are the rules of engagement.

I never struggle for motivation, that’s for sure. Motivation is something that burns within.

The most encouraging thing is that with the management changes there have been at Renault, they are very open to accepting that there are issues and they need to improve.

The costs in F1 are extremely high, it is down to the regulators to control those costs through having stable regulations, every time you change the rules, there is a huge cost involved.

The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing.

We have a very good relationship with Renault. They treat us with absolute parity to the works team, and there is a very good collaboration between Renault engineers and Red Bull Racing engineers.

We’re in a good position with the Red Bull juniors. When I look around at what other schemes there are, Red Bull has invested a huge amount in youth and should be commended for giving these guys the opportunity that might otherwise have gone missing.

The drivers are the stars; the drivers are the heroes.

I’ve always felt that age is just a number – it’s not how old or how young you are, it’s how you conduct yourself.

The number one driver in this team is the one who is ahead on the track, the rule is simple.

When you’re at the top you’re always going to be shot at.

Winning is very addictive, that’s why it’s very hard when suddenly – boom – you are not the favorites any more.

Red Bull is an energy drinks company operating a team in F1, of course it doesn’t sit particularly well when you are competing against iconic brands like Ferrari and Mercedes. We are happy to be perceived as a bit of a maverick.

Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.

I’d rather have a driver that was like that, that had that passion and that fire in his belly and you can channel that. The sport‘s crying out for more drivers like Max Verstappen.

I think winning becomes addictive.

If the racing series does not exist for a year, then it disappears in its entirety. Teams that have been operating very close to the limit just wouldn’t survive. They rely on racing to generate income and to fulfill their obligations to the promoter.

I think if a driver commits to a team it’s like disappearing with another girlfriend half way through the year, it doesn’t seem like the right thing to do.

I am great believer that, if you put your mind to anything, you can achieve anything.

It’s the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull.

We have a very long-standing relationship with Renault, we’ve won a lot of races with them.

We need to think out of the box rather than just going round and round, beating ourselves up about numbers.

It’s always dangerous quoting numbers and expectations.

I was always fascinated by speed… My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had something in common with him, so from my childhood onwards we spent a lot of time going to karting tracks and racing in the various categories.

We’ve always said that it doesn’t say ‘Daniel Ricciardo Racing’ or ‘Max Verstappen Racing’ – it says Red Bull Racing.

Sixty points is massive, especially when you are racing a Mercedes with another 70 horsepower.

F1 is a very strong business and it’s got enormous heritage.

I’m very much a people person.