Top 91 Quotes & Sayings by Christian Horner
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British driver Christian Horner.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
When you don't experience something for a long time you realize how much you love it and how much you miss it.
We do the best we can and the great thing about this sport is every two weeks you know whether it is good enough or not.
You know, Theresa May, she's doing the best she can with not a great hand, a little bit like Chase Carey really.
We've always said that it doesn't say 'Daniel Ricciardo Racing' or 'Max Verstappen Racing' - it says Red Bull Racing.
The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing.
The main reason for our achievements is teamwork. It's quite simply the group of people that are here at Red Bull Racing and Red Bull Technology working as one unit.
I did a deal with my parents to take a year out before university at the end of 1992 to try and forge a career in motor sport. I still haven't gone. I left school at 18 and that was it.
I would put my money on both my drivers to win if it came down a streetfight.
The number one driver in this team is the one who is ahead on the track, the rule is simple.
Mercedes and Ferrari are working as one team these days. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which.
It's always dangerous quoting numbers and expectations.
The great thing about Daniel Ricciardo is you can't not like him, he's got a big smile, he loves what he does, he's a great personality.
If the racing series does not exist for a year, then it disappears in its entirety. Teams that have been operating very close to the limit just wouldn't survive. They rely on racing to generate income and to fulfill their obligations to the promoter.
The costs in F1 are extremely high, it is down to the regulators to control those costs through having stable regulations, every time you change the rules, there is a huge cost involved.
Formula 1 need to have a good look at itself. As a show, I think we need to put on a better show for the fans.
I think F1, ultimately, is man and machine at its absolute limit. It is modern day chariot racing.
Sport is escapism. Sport is a release.
You've got different governments and manufacturers saying, 'Oh, we'll be electric and autonomous by 2030 or whatever.' In my view Formula One is at a crossroads. What is its purpose? We have Formula E, and a lot of manufacturers are morphing into that area. But the emotion, the entertainment, the excitement of those cars just isn't there.
We're very clear in the race that priority will be given to the lead car and more risk will be taken with the tail car. Sometimes that will work out, sometimes it won't, but it's very clear going into the event that those are the rules of engagement.
F1 is a very strong business and it's got enormous heritage.
When I started there was Frank Williams, Flavio Briatore, Ron Dennis, Eddie Jordan and Peter Sauber round the table. These were entrepreneurial team owners, mavericks in some respects.
We get paid based on where we are in the Constructors' Championship so therefore we want the fastest and best drivers we can get in the car.
We're in a good position with the Red Bull juniors. When I look around at what other schemes there are, Red Bull has invested a huge amount in youth and should be commended for giving these guys the opportunity that might otherwise have gone missing.
It's so important to come up with the right specification of cars - they need to be loud, they need to be fast.
I never struggle for motivation, that's for sure. Motivation is something that burns within.
Formula One is one of the biggest and most competitive sports in the world and our desire is to get back to be giving Mercedes a hard time and winning races and championships.
It is unnatural for drivers and team members to be sitting on their hands when we would usually be racing.
When you win a Grand Prix, it's the culmination of everything coming together. Not just trackside, but behind the scenes.
We want to be a works partner. Ferrari and Mercedes have their own works teams so where would you be in the pecking order if you're a customer?
I was always fascinated by speed... My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had something in common with him, so from my childhood onwards we spent a lot of time going to karting tracks and racing in the various categories.
I think winning becomes addictive.
When you're at the top you're always going to be shot at.
My focus has always been very much on what we're doing at Red Bull. We can't control what others do. It's not our business.
As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy what I do, I enjoy the competition, working with a group of people to get the best out of them.
Mercedes and Ferrari fear Red Bull more than any other team because they know the potency and capability that we have.
I've always felt that age is just a number - it's not how old or how young you are, it's how you conduct yourself.
F1's ability to problem-solve is second to none and our ability to make rapid prototype parts is again second to none.
The prospect of being able to run a race behind closed doors is absolutely feasible.
I think it's a loss of energy to be worrying about other people's issues.
The Red Bull Ring is a ready-made facility, it can be ready in a very short period of time to fit the FIA's criteria.
There is always going to be competition from other countries and different venues who want to host a race, but the British GP is a must have.
I was 25 when I stopped racing, I loved the teamwork and I wanted to apply what I knew about it into building and running a team.
I've grown up in motorsport since I was 12 or 13 years of age; I've never been on a management training course.
I am great believer that, if you put your mind to anything, you can achieve anything.
Our target is to compete with Ferrari and Mercedes.
I'm very much a people person.
And I'd get back to the cars being physical challenges to drive - to tame the beast. The cars we have at the moment are fantastic bits of engineering, but it's a little too comfortable, a little too easy. I think I'd go back to making the driver a bigger variable.
Personally, I would go back to V12s, which make a tremendous noise, and have open cockpits and make the drivers heroes again.
What we expect from our drivers, as team mates, is that they show respect for each other and allow one another enough room on the race track.
As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.
There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.
Drivers are not good at having nothing to do.
Winning is very addictive, that's why it's very hard when suddenly - boom - you are not the favorites any more.
Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order.
The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it's almost like going back to school for a new school year.
It's the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull.
The drivers are the stars; the drivers are the heroes.
Twenty races is a tough season. It's a long year.
It's a competitive business and obviously a lot of money is involved in the sport and the regulators sometimes have difficult decisions to make, but hopefully for the benefit of Formula 1 and all the fans across the world, we can move forwards into 2008 with all the focus on the race track rather than in the courtroom.
We have a very long-standing relationship with Renault, we've won a lot of races with them.
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