The momentum of 2021 launched Red Bull—but most particularly its wunderkind Verstappen—into a new era of dominance that threatened to bore viewers and undo all of the hard-earned popularity Formula 1 had gained after millions of lockdown-bound viewers tuned into Netflix’s Drive to Survive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull Racing since 2005, has recently piqued interest following his visit to the Williams motorhome during the Brazilian