马克·韦伯红牛离职被批不尊重，丹尼尔·里卡多获赞誉
红牛车队与澳大利亚车手有着复杂的历史。马克·韦伯在塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔夺冠时期帮助车队建立胜利基础，而丹尼尔·里卡多则接过了接力棒，引领车队进入涡轮增压混合动力时代。
马克·韦伯的红牛离职被批不尊重，丹尼尔·里卡多获赞誉
克里斯蒂安·霍纳回顾了马克·韦伯2013年的不尊重离职，并赞扬了丹尼尔·里卡多的红牛车队巅峰时期
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红牛车队与澳大利亚车手有着漫长且高度复杂的历史。马克·韦伯在塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔夺冠的年份帮助车队建立了胜利的基础，而丹尼尔·里卡多接过接力棒，在涡轮增压混合动力时代的黎明时期领导了车队。
在最近的一次60分钟澳大利亚访谈中，克里斯蒂安·霍纳回顾了这两位男士在他的团队中的运作方式。摆脱了标准的公关套话，霍纳在比较韦伯任期结束的苦涩与里卡多爆炸性到来的时刻时毫不保留。
到2013年，马克·韦伯与红牛的关系已经彻底破裂。马来西亚大奖赛上的臭名昭著的"多21"事件将韦伯和塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔的激烈竞争推向了临界点。
在2013年英国大奖赛前的星期四，韦伯宣布了他将在赛季结束时退役。但这位澳大利亚车手选择直接向媒体发布他转投保时捷的消息，而没有先面对面通知霍纳。十多年后，这种退出策略的刺痛感仍然是前车队老板难以忘怀的记忆。
马克·韦伯，克里斯蒂安·霍纳，红牛车队负责人
“当他以那样的方式离开时，我只是感到很悲伤，”霍纳直言不讳地说。“我认为这对车队也很不尊重。”
霍纳指出，随着时间的推移，他有了新的看法，两人现在关系良好，但宣布离职时向媒体而不是车队负责人通报，这种公司层面的轻视显然留下了深刻的印象。
韦伯的离开为丹尼尔·里卡多打开了大门，他在2014年晋升到红牛车队。虽然来自青训车队托罗罗索，但红牛管理层内部确实对他的精英赛车技巧是否足以在发车线上竞争表示怀疑。
霍纳解释了当里卡多被安置在赛车中后，那些疑虑是如何迅速消除的。
“我们的犹豫是因为我们没有看到他超越太多车辆，然后当他开上红牛赛车时，他从未停止超越别人，”霍纳回忆道。 “他成为了刹车上的动物，并在我们这里的第一年赢得了三个大奖赛。”
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这三次胜利发生在加拿大大奖赛，还有匈牙利和比利时的胜利。在梅赛德斯车队完全主宰赛季的情况下取得这样的成功——并且在同一车库中常规性地超越四届卫冕冠军维特尔——巩固了里卡多在现代一级方程式历史上顶尖后刹车手之一的地位。
霍纳的反思突出了红牛车队所需的激烈、高风险的车手管理，展示了如何迅速将一名未经证实的候选人变成车队传奇，以及一名老将的离开如何轻易变得糟糕。
英文原文
Mark Webber's Red Bull exit branded "disrespectful" as Daniel Ricciardo praised
Christian Horner reflects on Mark Webber's "disrespectful" 2013 exit and praises Daniel Ricciardo's prime Red Bull era
Daniel Ricciardo, Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing
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Red Bull Racing has a long, highly complicated history with Australian drivers. Mark Webber helped build the team's winning foundation during Sebastian Vettel's championship years, while Daniel Ricciardo took the baton and led the garage at the dawn of the turbo-hybrid era.
In a recent 60 Minutes Australia interview, Christian Horner offered a look back at how both men operated within his team. Free from the standard corporate PR lines, Horner did not hold back when comparing the bitter end of Webber's tenure to the explosive arrival of Ricciardo.
By 2013, the relationship between Mark Webber and Red Bull was thoroughly fractured. The infamous "Multi 21" saga at the Malaysian Grand Prix had pushed the intense rivalry between Webber and Sebastian Vettel to a breaking point.
On the Thursday before the 2013 British Grand Prix, Webber announced his retirement from Formula 1 for the end of the season. But the Australian driver chose to release the news directly to the media regarding his move to Porsche without informing Horner face-to-face first. Over a decade later, the sting of that exit strategy remains a defining memory for the former team boss.
Mark Webber, Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal
"I was just sad when he left that he did it in the manner that he did," Horner stated bluntly. "I thought it was disrespectful to the team as well."
While Horner noted that the passage of time has provided perspective and that the two men are on fine terms today, the corporate slight of announcing a departure to the press rather than the team principal clearly left a lasting impression.
Webber's departure opened the door for Daniel Ricciardo, who was promoted to Red Bull in 2014. Coming from the junior Toro Rosso squad, there were genuine doubts within Red Bull management about whether Ricciardo had the elite racecraft necessary to battle at the front of the grid.
Horner explained how quickly those doubts were erased once Ricciardo was put in race-winning machinery.
"Our hesitation was that we hadn't seen him overtake too many cars, and then when he got in the Red Bull car he never stopped overtaking people," Horner recalled. "He became an animal on the brakes and won three Grand Prix in his first year with us."
Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing
Those three victories came at the Canadian Grand Prix, with further wins in Hungary and Belgium. Achieving that success during a season utterly dominated by the Mercedes team - and routinely outperforming the four-time defending champion Vettel in the same garage - firmly established Ricciardo as one of the premier late-brakers in modern F1 history.
Horner's reflections highlight the intense, high-stakes driver management required at Red Bull, showcasing how quickly an unproven prospect can become a team legend, and how easily a veteran's exit can turn sour.
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