MARK WEBBER'S RED BULL EXIT BRANDED "DISRESPECTFUL" AS DANIEL RICCIARDO PRAISED

Christian Horner still hasn't forgiven how Mark Webber left Red Bull. In a 60 Minutes Australia interview, the team principal called Webber's 2013 exit "disrespectful" — the Australian announced his Porsche move to the press before telling Horner face-to-face. Multi 21 had already fractured the relationship, but bypassing management to leak the news sealed the bad blood. A decade on, the sting lingers.

Webber's departure opened the door for Daniel Ricciardo, who Red Bull worried couldn't overtake at the front. Wrong. "He became an animal on the brakes," Horner said. Ricciardo won three races in 2014 — Canada, Hungary, Belgium — and beat four-time champion Vettel in the same garage during Mercedes' title runaway. The late-braking became his calling card.

Horner's candor shows Red Bull's ruthless driver dynamic: how fast a Toro Rosso graduate becomes a team legend, and how easily a veteran's legacy sours on the way out.