What would it take for a former Red Bull employee to opt to move to Force India, not Mercedes? Toto Wolff found out.

Nico Rosberg, 2016 world champion, believes that Christian Horner’s pursuit of George Russell was a tactic to “unsettle” his fellow team principal Toto Wolff at Mercedes.

Russell will become Mercedes’ senior driver next season when Lewis Hamilton leaves for Ferrari, and is replaced by rookie Kimi Antonelli. Much of Red Bull’s driver dilemmas revolve around Perez.

Toto Wolff has hit back at Christian Horner after the Red Bull team principal hinted at a potential move for Mercedes driver George Russell in 2026. Horner, 50, suggested that it would be “foolish” for his team not to consider signing Russell,

There was never really any drama with Toto - ‘we are winning because we are the best!’” Horner and Wolff have locked horns on plenty of occasions over the years. None more so over the last few seasons,