Horner became F1’s youngest team principalꦿ when he started at Red Bull in 2005 during the team’s debut season and he has dealt with some very different characters over his time in the sport.

While Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary has focused heavily on his heat♔ed rivalry with Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff in recent seasons, Horner has noticed a shift in the type of characters in F1 now.

Horner described himself and Wolff as the last of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“dinosaur” leaders in the paddock. 

“When I first came into the sport, there was Ron Dennis, there was𓆉 Flavio Briatore, there was Eddie Jordan, there was Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone running it, Max Mosley there, Frank Williams,” Hor🥂ner told . 

“They were all massive characters. Ron Dennis was a big chara🏅cter, he was passi🧸onate about what he would argue for. 

“Bernie would carve up the room! He’d have everyth🌼ing brought up with Max before the meeting had even started.

“Flavio was huge char🍰acter. If Ron said it was black, he’d say it was white!

“Jean Todt would be ruthless in his protection of all things Ferrari, totally uncompromising. They were all huge characters and peꦑrsonalitie൩s.”

Horner also noted how Netflix🍸 has been a “game-changer” for F1’s popularity, adding that it would never have been allowed under ಞBernie Ecclestone’s watch. 

“Bernie 𒊎would have neve𝓰r dreamt of doing Netflix,” Horner said.

“The money i🥀nvolved would have been nowhere near what he expected.

“Netflix has transformed the sport, it has taken it into households that it would neverꦓ have 🤪been in before.

“It was a niche sport but it has made drivers 🐼and some team principals hou♋sehold names. 

“It has engaged America, it꧂ has brought millions of dollars of revenue in. So it has been a game-changer. Part of that change is how it’s🌠 been perceived. 

“You’ve got diehard fans that follow all the actions but Netflix has sort of turned it into the Kardashians on wheels! It’s brought a whole new audience and it’s changed ꦺthe dynamic massively.

“Ten years agꦯo arriving at the hotel in Budapest you’d be lucky if you found 25 people out there. Now we 😼have to go through the underground car park.”