Sky Sports commentator David Croft believes Christian Horner is envious of the ‘power and control’ enjoyed by Toto Wolff at Mercedes.
Discussing the long-running feud between the two figures, Croft said: “Toto Wolff is a co-owner of a Formula One team and Christian Horner isn’t.
“I don’t think that goes down very well with Christian. I think if you said to him: ‘Would you like to be a co-owner of that Red Bull team?’.
“Of course he would, he wants control, he wants power. Toto’s got that because he is a one-third owner of Mercedes .
“Christian Horner, he might be a CEO and he might be a team principal, but he’s a paid employee of the Red Bull team so he hasn’t got that autonomy to make decisions in the way that Toto has.
“I think a lot of the animosity on Christian’s side maybe stems from that. But I think Toto also knows how to wind Christian up as well.”
