Ron Dennis, the former McLaren boss, referred to the work of team managers as the ‘Great Circus’ ‘The Piranha Club’. And everyone knows that F1 is a pool full of sharks. People come to the F1 paddock looking for success. And between the leaders of the team there was no moment for calm and unity. If a team suffers in some aspect, they will have several ‘piranhas’ in the form of team leaders around them who aim to magnify the wound and further damage their opponent. This sometimes causes exchanging statements more common at a bar counter than the directors of something as serious as F1 should be. And the clearest example is what was experienced in Miami GP.
‘The Piranha Club’ is once again presented to the world. In its greatest beauty, led especially by Toto Wolff, head of Mercedes. The Austrian does not forget the controversial and fierce battle he had with his counterpart Christian Horner and Red Bull at the 2021 World Cup, a year where they don’t respect each other. A total war.
Today, Wolff, far from the successes at Mercedes, tried to examine the wound of the internal crisis experienced by Red Bull in the case of Horner, explaining publicly that his priority for the seat at Mercedes left by Hamilton is to Verstappen. Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff was quick to respond. He points out that Toto Wolff has “no respect” at Red Bull in his remarks and that he should “focus on his goals” instead of tempting Max.
But the matter does not end there. With the announcement of the departure of the best engineer in current F1, Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s rivals also want to put their finger on the champions’ sore spot. At this moment, Zak Brown’s game begins with a message where he tried to put fear in Red Bull’s body.
“We’ve seen an increase in Red Bull CVs”
“Yes, we have seen an increase in the resumes we receive from the team”said Zak Brown in Miami, indicating that the farewell of Adrian Newey and the internal atmosphere at Red Bull due to the Horner case and the tensions may cause more engineers and technicians to want to pack their bags from the dominant team. The possible beginning of the end.
According to Brown, Newey’s departure may make him miss the engineers he worked with. “I think Adrian is the most successful designer of all time. So, in addition to the technique he brings to the team, people want to work for people like Adrian Newey and work with him. So I think Red Bull will miss what he brings to the team from a purely technical point of view. And I also think they will miss the leadership and the enthusiasm that people feel working with him.”
And as Zak Brown dribbled it in, Toto Wolff wasn’t going to waste such an assist to try and score another goal against his great nemesis Christian Horner. Another chance to hurt him.
“Zak Brown is right. We see resumes from Red Bull at all levels. But I would say that this is not unusual. People change teams and want to change the environment”declared Toto Wolff on ‘Sky Sports’.
“I’ve come to the point where I’m not interested in what’s going to happen with Red Bull. I think it’s important that we look at our team”Wolff later added after his first message, finally responding to Oliver Mintzlaff without giving it any importance: “I don’t know what this person is talking about, it has nothing to do with me.”
replied Christian Horner
After McLaren and Mercedes bosses spoke about a possible brain drain from Red Bull, Christian Horner did not hesitate to respond. He did it in a strong way, pointing his ‘bullet’ not at McLaren and again attacking his ‘friend’ Wolff, reminding him of the number of people signed by Red Bull from Mercedes in the past year.
“Of course there will always be movement between teams. I don’t know how many people McLaren took this year. We signed 220 people from Mercedes. 220 from HPP (Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains) to Red Bull “, Horner responded to ‘Sky Sports’. “So when we’re talking about losing people, I’d be more concerned about 220 people than one or two resumes.”
“There is a lot of talk about the two candidates involved. I will not be led to a ‘tit for tat’. I would focus more on the problems that Toto has. I have no concern about the strength and depth of Red Bull,” concluded Christian.
Source: La Verdad
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