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Christian Horner Made Lunchtime Conversation With the Queen of England Regarding Red Bull’s Most Controversial F1 Race: “She Seemed to Show Great Interest”

Published 09/09/2022, 2:15 PM EDT

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The world mourns the loss of Her Highness Queen Elizabeth II. United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch passed away yesterday after serving her country for about 7 decades. Formula 1 world also paid tributes to the Queen. The tributes came from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, Red Bull boss Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, and many more.

In remembrance of the queen, we look back at the time she met Christian Horner at Buckingham Palace. The Red Bull boss explained in an old interview how he had to explain to Her Highness about the ‘Multi-21’ scenario.

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Horner said, “I had been invited to a lunch hosted by The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, which I expected there to be about 200 people at. There turned out not be 10 of us there. This was at Buckingham Palace. It was just after the ‘Multi 21’ scenario.”

“I had this bizarre situation of having to deal with the drivers and then go to lunch with The Queen and Prince Philip and explain to her what ‘Multi 21’ was and why our Australian driver was particularly grumpy with our German driver.”

“I had that conversation over lunch with The Queen and she seemed to show great interest in it.”

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This wasn’t the one and only instance of the Queen interacting with the F1 world. She had also met Lewis Hamilton multiple times and the Mercedes driver also described her as “pretty cool”.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Christian Horner paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth after her sad demise. The Red Bull Team Principal shared a fitting tribute post on his Instagram ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.

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Horner shared in his post and praised the Queen for her selfless devotion and service to her family and country. He was also reminiscent of the time when he had the opportunity of meeting Her Majesty on a couple of occasions.

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The Briton was thankful for the Queen’s service and devotion for more than 70 years. He ended the post by paying his condolences to the Royal Family. He wrote, “I would like to take the opportunity to send my deepest condolences to the Royal Family at this time.”

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Queen Elizabeth led a long and illustrious reign as she touched the lives of many people. The world will remember her service and legacy for a long time.

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Tanmay Khanna

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Tanmay Khanna is a Formula 1 Author at EssentiallySports. He has always been an avid sports fan, with F1 and Soccer being his two favorites. Due to his inherent love for sports and competition, he has been able to understand the world of Formula 1 inside out.
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Ranvijay Singh