Top 60 Christian Horner Quotes

Red Bull doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Neither Buemi nor Alguersuari would have progressed through the junior ranks – let’s not forget Alguersuari won the British Formula Three championship – without the support.

Our target is to compete with Ferrari and Mercedes.

It’s always dangerous quoting numbers and expectations.

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.

We need to think out of the box rather than just going round and round, beating ourselves up about numbers.

Mercedes and Ferrari are working as one team these days. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which.

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.

Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor.

The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing.

The drivers are the stars; the drivers are the heroes.

Race drivers are fiercely competitive animals, and there is often a conflict between what is right for the team and what is right for the individual.

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.

F1’s ability to problem-solve is second to none and our ability to make rapid prototype parts is again second to none.

I’m very much a people person.

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don’t think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

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.

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.

Winning is very addictive, that’s why it’s very hard when suddenly – boom – you are not the favorites any more.

We’ve always said that it doesn’t say ‘Daniel Ricciardo Racing’ or ‘Max Verstappen Racing’ – it says Red Bull 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 run at the front, we want to be competitive and, in order to be competitive, we have to have a sensible power unit.

Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.

I’d rather have a driver that was like that, that had that passion and that fire in his belly and you can channel that. The sport’s crying out for more drivers like Max Verstappen.

I think one thing Liberty finds frustrating is a lot of this business is conducted through the media. That’s something they’re not used to with American sport. There’s that constant comparison of America sport and franchises verses Formula One – American sport works in America, it doesn’t work globally.

There are no ultimatums for Renault other than we want to improve as quickly as we can.

I think if a driver commits to a team it’s like disappearing with another girlfriend half way through the year, it doesn’t seem like the right thing to do.

Obviously a decision was made to elevate both Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniel Ricciardo, who are two of the most exciting talents on the periphery of Formula 1, into race seats at Toro Rosso.

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 am great believer that, if you put your mind to anything, you can achieve anything.

Drivers are not good at having nothing to do.

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.

Red Bull is an energy drinks company operating a team in F1, of course it doesn’t sit particularly well when you are competing against iconic brands like Ferrari and Mercedes. We are happy to be perceived as a bit of a maverick.

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.

It’s so important to come up with the right specification of cars – they need to be loud, they need to be fast.

Sixty points is massive, especially when you are racing a Mercedes with another 70 horsepower.

I think it’s a loss of energy to be worrying about other people’s issues.

Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order.

The most encouraging thing is that with the management changes there have been at Renault, they are very open to accepting that there are issues and they need to improve.

Just taking the front wing and saying that will make racing better, it’s quite a naive and ultimately expensive approach.

We have a very long-standing relationship with Renault, we’ve won a lot of races with them.

F1 is a very strong business and it’s got enormous heritage.

There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.

When you’re at the top you’re always going to be shot at.

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.

Sport is escapism. Sport is a release.

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.

Personally, I would go back to V12s, which make a tremendous noise, and have open cockpits and make the drivers heroes again.

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.

A Hamilton-Vettel combination, on paper, would look very attractive to any team. However, what you have to look at is the dynamics of any partnership like that and it’s difficult to see how two sportsmen at the absolute top of their game could work in harmony under one roof.

When you don’t experience something for a long time you realize how much you love it and how much you miss it.

You can window-dress and promote a movie as much as you like but if the movie hasn’t got substance and isn’t an exciting movie, people won’t watch it.

I have a long-term contract with the team and have said many times that there is only one Bernie Ecclestone. What he has done for Formula One is incredible and in my opinion he is irreplaceable.

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.

I think too often you see parts being taken from one engine to go onto another… That’s been too much of a theme over the whole hybrid era, and that must compromise dyno time, that must compromise endurance running, and so on.

I have total admiration for the Renault guys in the garage that are working their socks off, week in, week out.

It’s the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull.

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.

The prospect of being able to run a race behind closed doors is absolutely feasible.

For Infiniti, the global coverage that Formula One provides is second only to the Olympics.