Horner stunned by Wolff's statement: 'Disappointed'

Toto Wolff does not rule out the possibility that Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen will crash on purpose at the end of the World Championship. Christian Horner is shocked by that statement of the Mercedes team boss, he says after the first free practice in Mexico.

"I was disappointed when I read those comments," Horner commented in the press conference to Motorsport-Magazin.com and others . The team boss of the Austrian racing stable does not even want to think about such a scenario. "We want a fair fight until the end of the world championship. I think every driver wants to win on the track. We are a team of racers. If we succeed, we don't want to lose the championship because of a crash between drivers."

With five Grands Prix remaining, the battle between Verstappen and Hamilton continues unabated. Can the situation of the 24-year-old Dutchman be compared to that of Sebastian Vettel in 2010? The German won his first World Championship title that year and became the youngest world champion ever in Formula 1 at 23 years and 134 days.

Verstappen as calm as ice

Horner: "It's been so close with Max since the first race in Bahrain. It's an intense battle between those two [Verstappen and Hamilton] and he's handled it completely cool. It's his first time in F1 and he's staying true to his principles," he said. According to the 47-year-old top executive, his Dutch pupil is unimpressed with everything that is coming his way.