'It caused a b*tchfight between Horner and Wolff'

Red Bull Racing and Mercedes are not just fighting it out on track this season, both teams are also battling it out off the track. It gives Jack Plooij a deep sigh, as he reveals in an interview with Motorsport.com.

Whereas Christian Horner and Toto Wolff are not known as team bosses of Red Bull and Mercedes respectively, this season is different. According to the analyst, however, this has a logical reason.

"Lauda had lunch with Helmut Marko every day. Then they sat together opposite each other, usually at Red Bull. And I think that a lot of fires were put out there that we never saw happen. But now we do," he explains. "I think Marko would now have been instructed by Lauda to keep Horner in his cubicle, while Lauda would do that with Toto. Then we didn't hear it."

The two teams argued with each other quite a bit at Silverstone, among other places, after Lewis Hamilton caused Max Verstappen to drive off the track. "I think there are also reasons that this happens, just I'm not used to it from Wolff. He's always a bit political and calm, but now it caused a bitchfight between Horner and Wolff."