{"id":18404,"date":"2023-06-28T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=328239"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:12:16","slug":"red-bulls-horner-rejects-friendship-with-mercedes-wolff-amid-fierce-f1-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/formula-1\/red-bulls-horner-rejects-friendship-with-mercedes-wolff-amid-fierce-f1-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull\u2019s Horner rejects friendship with Mercedes\u2019 Wolff amid fierce F1 rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has emphasized the importance of maintaining a competitive rather than friendly relationship with Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff due to their intense Formula 1 rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Horner took a dig at Wolff, referring to his past outbursts that resulted in the destruction of headphones. Despite acknowledging Wolff\u2019s accomplishments, Horner believes it would be dishonest to foster a close friendship with a rival.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need for his team to perceive their competitors as adversaries, promoting a united front within Red Bull.<\/p>\n<p>The rivalry between Red Bull and Mercedes intensified during the 2021 season but has been subdued recently with Red Bull\u2019s dominance in F1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has emphasized the importance of maintaining a competitive rather than friendly relationship with Mercedes\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":39139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[943,404,1612],"class_list":["post-18404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","tag-f1","tag-mercedes","tag-redbull"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}