Photo / Red BullHorner also claims it “wasn’t his choice” to swap Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda after two races last season, a decision with which Verstappen disagreed. “I was always pushed to take drivers from the [Red Bull] young driver programme,” he says. Wolff and Horner have a combined 14 of the last 15 world championships. The tension between Horner and Jos Verstappen, which erupted at Silverstone a couple of days before Horner got the bullet. The booing of Horner at the season launch at the O2 Arena in episode one, New Kids on the Block.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 24, 2026 08:12 UTC