After the whole shitstorm that was Totos and Hamiltons comments on Max and Redbull, it made me wonder: did the opposite ever happen? Horner is well known to be a shit stirrer, but I personally don’t ever remember him dismissing or questioning Hamiltons or Mercedes achievements. I obviously can be wrong, so please correct me if that ever happened. Really curious about it.
Not quite the same as the current comments by Toto/Hamilton since the roles were a bit different (i.e.: Verstappen hadn’t won a championship yet). And the Toto/Hamilton ones have been more direct. But yes, he’s made similar comments. Their rivalry is not new and tbh I’m quite shocked anyone is surprised by any of this situation.
Just in recent years, he’s made the following comments:
- 2020 - “90% of the field could win in the Mercedes”
- 2021 - “Hamilton hasn’t had a real title fight in years”
I remember some harsher ones but the current headlines keep coming up when I try to search for them, I’ll have to give it another go when I’m back at my computer later (if I remember).
I’m pretty sure there was something about “Hamilton only being this good because of his white mother”? Don’t wanna mess up my algorithm by looking up this racist shit tbh, but maybe it helps you in further research.