"Like a Jack Russell terrier' - Mercedes boss compares Red Bull counterpart to snapping dog in Drive to Survive

Mercedes team principal Christian Horner has likened Red Bull boss Christian Horner to a Jack Russell terrier in the fourth season of Netflix's Drive to Survive.

In the ninth episode of the ten-part docu-series, the Mercedes boss can be seen making his feelings about Red Bull's Horner bare in front of the producers. Wolff said:

“Christian [Horner] is a bit like a Jack Russell Terrier who likes to snap at your heels. It is expected that every team principal is gonna fight for the benefit of his own team. But whining in the press is something that I have seen on a new level this year.”

The streaming giant recently launched the blow-by-blow recapping of the 2021 season with the occasional creative liberty swap in the narrative. The launch comes days before the start of the 2022 season to drum up interest.

Toto Wolff's wife and CEO of the Venturi Formula E team, Susie Wolff, also weighed in on the rivalry between Mercedes and Red Bull, saying:

“I can completely understand Christian [Horner]. He’s watched Toto [Wolff] winning for so many years. It’s clear that that causes a certain resentment and that’s competition. It can get tough. It can get ugly.”

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"We need to move on" - Mercedes and Red Bull agree to end feud ahead of 2022 F1 season

While Drive to Survive may be stirring the pot again through their riveting storylines, Mercedes and Red Bull bosses have agreed to bury the hatchet going into the new 2022 F1 season.

When asked about his rivalry with Christian Horner and his team at Milton-Keynes, Toto Wolff said:

“It’s to be expected. It got fierce at times and brutal. But there’s a lot at stake. It’s a Formula 1 world championship, and there’s the fighting on track, and the fighting off track for advantages. So that’s okay. But we need to move on. There’s been so much talk about Abu Dhabi, that it came to a point that it is really damaging for all of us stakeholders of F1, and we’ve closed the chapter and moved on. Now it’s about 2022, the game is on again, all points to zero, and new opportunity and new risk.”

Red Bull's Horner was also of a similar opinion, calling their battle in 2021 done and dusted. He said:

“I think that maybe we share differences of opinion over Abu Dhabi, but that’s all done and dusted, and all focus is very much now on 2022. I think what you did see last year was a fantastic competition from the first race to the last race. I think that’s been a key part of Formula 1’s revival in popularity. It has been that competition, and so certainly we hope that there’s going to be an equally exciting year, although ideally a little less exciting at times.”

Both teams now have their sights firmly trained on the first race of the season in Bahrain on March 20.