Christian Horner suggests Ted Kravitz 'talks out of his a***'

Posted on : 10/22/2023
Christian Horner suggests Ted Kravitz 'talks out of his a***'
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Christian Horner suggests Ted Kravitz ‘talks out of his a***’ after the Sky Sports reporter claimed Max Verstappen was having issues with his car during United States Grand Prix

  • Kravitz claimed Max Verstappen was having electrical issues during sprint race
  • Christian Horner was questioned on the subject and took a dig at the reporter
  • Red Bull boss was interrupted by Sky presenter before answering the question 

Christian Horner jokingly took a dig at Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz after he made a claim about a fault in Max Verstappen’s car during the broadcast of the sprint shootout in Texas on Saturday. 

Kravitz was at the centre stage of a huge bust-up last year after he claimed that Lewis Hamilton beating Max Verstappen in the 2022 Austin Grand Prix would be something out of a ‘movie script’ as he was ‘robbed’ in Abu Dhabi the previous year. 

It resulted in Red Bull boycotting interviews with the broadcaster before lifting it last November, with Kravitz nowadays back to conducting interviews with the likes of Horner and Verstappen. 

The Red Bull boss light heartedly slammed the pit lane reporter after he had reported there was an electric issue with Verstappen’s car during Saturday’s sprint race. 

‘Ted’s always talking… usually not out of his mouth,’ Horner replied when the question was put to him.’

Christian Horner jokingly took a dig at Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz in Austin on Saturday

The Sky Sports reporter suggested Max Verstappen was having electrical issues with his car 

Despite the slight mishap Verstappen went on to take pole position for the sprint race 

Sky Sports presenter Simon Lazenby interrupted to say ‘unfair’ before Horner answered the question, saying: ‘There’s always things electrically you can tidy up.

‘There’s some driverability stuff that Max wants us to tune before the race. [There are no issues] from a reliability point of view.’ 

Despite the mishap Verstappen went on to take pole position for the sprint, beating Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris, with all four drivers separated by one-tenth of a second. 

After sealing pole for the sprint, the Dutch driver said: ‘We were quite competitive.  The last lap wasn’t particularly great but still on pole, so that means the car is working quite well. It’s going to be an exciting afternoon.

‘You can see a lot of different cars being very close to each other, so you don’t know what’s going to happen in the Sprint Race. It’s all going to be a bit of a question mark [with what to expect in the sprint]. Overall, normally in the race, we are quite OK. Nevertheless, this track is always quite demanding.

‘Tyre management is always quite key around here. The wear is quite high because of all the high-speed corners, then you have to deal with the low-speed where you need traction. It’s going to be tough.’

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will take pole position for Sunday’s race with Lando Norris second and Lewis Hamilton third, while Verstappen will start from sixth position.  

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