{"id":294728,"date":"2023-11-09T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294728"},"modified":"2023-11-09T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:25:07","slug":"christian-horner-reveals-the-moment-daniel-ricciardo-apologised-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/christian-horner-reveals-the-moment-daniel-ricciardo-apologised-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner reveals the moment Daniel Ricciardo apologised to him"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How Daniel Ricciardo apologised to Red Bull boss Christian Horner after making shock decision to leave the all-conquering F1 team<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christian Horner has opened up on a private phone call\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Ricciardo contacted him to apologise\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ricciardo left Red Bull for pastures new in 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo called Red Bull boss Christian Horner to apologise for leaving the team for pastures new, the team principle has revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo, 34, left the constructors in 2018, with tensions rife over the driver hierarchy due to apparent preferential treatment towards the up-and-coming Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussie went on to join Renault, where he enjoyed mixed success, before a dire spell at McLaren which saw his contract ripped up a year early.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo returned to Red Bull as a &#8216;reserve driver&#8217; at the start of the year, before taking the seat vacated by Nyck de Vries at Red Bull-owned AlphaTauri for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>He has been linked with a return to the constructors champions for 2024, with pressure mounting on Sergio Perez, in what would represent a full circle moment for Ricciardo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77598143-0-image-a-20_1699523459465.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Christian Horner has revealed how Daniel Ricciardo apologised to him for leaving Red Bull<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77598149-0-image-a-21_1699523467410.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo left the all-conquering team to be a big fish in a small pond back in 2018<\/p>\n<p>And Horner has explained how a regretful Ricciardo called him during the Covid pandemic to admit he was wrong to walk out on the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he recognised that he made a mistake. He had no good advice around him at the point that he left us,&#8217; Horner said on Dax Shepard&#8217;s Eff Won podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Having spent a few years outside of the family he suddenly realised that, &#8216;Whoa, actually what I had was really good&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Actually it was during the pandemic, I remember he called me and he said, &#8216;Christian, I hate to say this to you, but you were absolutely right, and I apologise&#8217; and so on.&#8217; Horner did not specify when exactly the phone call occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Horner added that Ricciardo was badly advised when he made the move to Enstone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77598141-0-image-a-22_1699523469506.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But he is on the verge of a Red Bull return after rekindling his relationship with Horner<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was an element of [spite] at the time, thinking, &#8216;You know what? Okay. Go and suck on the lemon for a bit&#8217;,&#8217; Horner said. &#8216;He was very badly advised in his earlier career. Everybody f***s up at some point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We gave Max a contract at the beginning of that year in 2018 to secure his future. Daniel, I remember being upset at the time. He suddenly felt that, &#8216;Hang on, I don&#8217;t want to be the support act here&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I could tell he was starting to think of being a bigger fish in a smaller pond. He got a lot of noise in his ear that this is the Max show. Money (from Renault) was also on the table.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12729261\/How-Daniel-Ricciardo-apologised-Red-Bull-boss-Christian-Horner-making-shock-decision-leave-conquering-F1-team.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>How Daniel Ricciardo apologised to Red Bull boss Christian Horner after making shock decision to leave the all-conquering F1 team Christian Horner has opened up <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/christian-horner-reveals-the-moment-daniel-ricciardo-apologised-to-him\/\" title=\"Christian Horner reveals the moment Daniel Ricciardo apologised to him\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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