{
  "id": 14179511,
  "title": "Horner: Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has got it quite easy at the moment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/horner-mercedes-toto-wolff-has-got-it-quite-easy-at-the-moment",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T10:33:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/horner-mercedes-toto-wolff-got-103319489.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff \"has got it quite easy\" at the moment. Horner left Red Bull in September last year after 20 years with the team, where he won eight drivers' and six constructors' titles. Over the past decade, Horner and Wolff sparred as Red Bull and Mercedes competed. This season, Horner's former team is fourth in the constructors' standings with 11 podiums and two wins, both by Max Verstappen in recent races. Meanwhile, Mercedes leads the constructors' leaderboard, and champion Kimi Antolinli is first in the drivers' standings after winning eight races. Horner, now 52, spoke to the Guardian about Wolff, saying, \"He also said this (Red Bull) engine was going to be completely s**t and a disaster.\" Horner added that \"Toto’s got it quite easy at the moment.\" He noted that McLaren's head, Zak Brown, is disadvantaged because he uses Toto's engine and can't criticize it. Horner believes that sport needs rivalry, like that between Ferguson and Wenger or Mourinho and Guardiola, to push people to excel. He also revealed that he has suffered from panic attacks and has learned to recognize the symptoms.",
  "summary": "Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has “got it quite easy” at the moment. Horner, 52, officially left Red Bull Racing in September last year having been relieved of “operational duties” following last July’s British Grand Prix.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}