Wolff’s brutally honest text to 'a**hole' Horner emerges after Red Bull axe

In an episode of the eighth season of the popular Netflix series, set for release on 27 February and centred on the departure of the now former Red Bull team principal and CEO, Horner reads out on camera a private exchange between himself and the Austrian, in which the two bid each other farewell — in a sporting sense.

“I didn’t know what to say, because on one side you’ve been a real a***ole, but on the other hand, the sport will miss one of its main protagonists,” Wolff commented. “Who should I fight? And ‘love to hate’, as you always said? Wolff and Horner have a combined 14 of the last 15 world championships. Not a bad points statistic.”

Horner later responded to Wolff’s message, highlighting the intense rivalry they shared over the years and pointing out how Red Bull and Mercedes had effectively dominated Formula 1 across the past 15 seasons.

The opening episode of season eight, titled New Kids on the Track, centres on the F175 launch event — the large-scale showcase held last year in which all ten Formula 1 teams revealed their new liveries during a single evening.

One moment from the episode shows Christian Horner being heavily booed by the crowd inside London’s O2 Arena, with the former Red Bull team principal and CEO addressing the incident on camera. Both Zak Brown and Toto Wolff also feature in the episode, offering their own reactions to the wave of boos directed at their now former rival.