Christian Horner: "The Queen once quizzed me on Multi 21..."
F1 Beyond The Grid
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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In another life, he might have been an F1 driver. Instead, after a slight change of direction, he became a team boss - and the youngest on the grid to boot. On the latest episode of Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, Christian Horner tells Tom about swapping the driver's seat for the pit wall, why it took 'balls' for Red Bull to pick him to lead their new team, Daniel Ricciardo's shock switch to Renault, and the surreal conversation he once had with the Queen. Oh, and then there's the story about how wife Geri indirectly funded his racing career...
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| 0:00.0 | Bose is the presenting partner of Beyond the Grid. |
| 0:03.6 | That's because Bose Quiet Comfort 352 goes beyond what you would expect from a pair of headphones. |
| 0:10.0 | Just flip the switch to experience the industry-leading Active Noise Reduction feature |
| 0:16.0 | and all distractions of the world around you fade away, |
| 0:19.0 | allowing you to focus on what matters to you. |
| 0:23.0 | Hi, I'm Christian Horner and you're listening to Beyond the Grid. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello everyone, it's Tom Clarkson here, ready once more to take you Beyond the Grid. |
| 0:48.0 | We've got a bit of a special show today with none other than Red Bull Boss Christian Horner. |
| 0:53.0 | Now, in any meeting with Christian, there is never a shortage of things to talk about. |
| 0:58.0 | But it just so happened that the day that we sat down to talk, |
| 1:02.0 | a day that we'd pencil in our diaries for some time, |
| 1:05.0 | was the very day that Daniel Riccardo announced he'd be leaving Red Bull Forreno in 2019. |
| 1:12.0 | So as you can imagine, there was a lot going on when I arrived at his house in rural Oxfordshire. |
| 1:17.0 | Key members of the team needed to be informed of the change. |
| 1:20.0 | A press release needed to be written and he was already beginning to ponder his next move |
| 1:25.0 | and you won't believe the number of calls he took from driver managers just while I was there. |
| 1:31.0 | It would be telling to reveal who they were, but let's just say that the second Red Bull seat in 2019 is much in demand. |
| 1:39.0 | Behorner, he's an engaging character with some great stories as you're about to find out. |
| 1:46.0 | And keep an ear out too for an interruption from Christian's wife, Spice Girl Jerry, later in the show. |
| 1:55.0 | Christian, welcome to Beyond the Grid. |
| 2:06.0 | And thank you for having me. We're at home somewhere deep in the Oxfordshire country. |
| 2:10.0 | So very beautiful. So if we, there may be the old dog barking in the background. |
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