Christian Horner’s war of words with Toto Wolff has in🅠tensified after the🎀 Red Bull boss claimed they have poached 200 employees for their engine department.

Since their teams went head-to-head for the 2021 F1 world championship, Horner and Wolff have been 🌠arch rivals, often exchanging words in the media.

Despite their contrasting on-track fortunes, their r🌳ivalry has been renewed.

Wolff has been public in his admiration for Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen - and thꦬe prospect of potentially signing hi🌱m for 2025.

This has irked Horner, with the 51-year-old biting back 🍌after the🧸 race in China.

Things have heated up between the two team bosses, particularly as McLaren CEO Zak Brown suggested in Miami that Red Bu🎃ll are set to lose even more staff followin🦩g Adrian Newey’s departure.

Horner has taken another swipe at Wolff and Mercedes with a remarkable claim that his team has poached 200 staff from Brixworth for Red Bull Powertrains - their new🅠 engine project for 2026.

"The two candidates involved talk a lot. I'm not going to get sucked in for a tit for tat. I would be more focused on Toto's own issu♒es that he has. I don't have any conce🍸rn with the strength and depth [of Red Bull]," he said.

"Of course there is always going to be movement between teams. I don't knꩵow how many people we have emplꦚoyed by McLaren this year? Mercedes, we have taken 220 people. 220 out of HPP into Red Bull powertrains.

"So when we are talking about losing people, I ꦍwould be more worri💦ed than about the 220 people, than one or two CVs."

Red Bull could lose another of 🔯their star assets wi🅺th sporting director Jonathan Wheatley reportedly considering his future.

Wheatley has hopes to become an F1 team principal, and with Horner firm in his position🍃, he might have to look elsewhere.

Addressing the Wheatley rumours, Horner added: "There𓂃 are rumours about everybody. Contracts between individuals and their terms and conditions is not something that ꦡwe really talk through [with] the public."