He used to say it was Evil Knevel, but Horner’s thoughts have changed and he now says that growing up there were three characters he admired: Lee Majors as The Six Million Dollar Man, Nigel Mansell and… Monkey.

Monkey? You know the brilliant character from the 70s TV series:

In an interview with The Red Bulletin magazine our team principal said: “After an episode of Monkey, me and my two brothers would try to re-enact the whole thing around the house. I was always Monkey and would use a pillow as my magic cloud and have a tie wrapped around my head to represent Monkey’s golden headband.”

He then moved on to The Six Million Dollar Man and the Lee Majors toy which went with the TV series:

But by his early teens he was fascinated by speed and as a young British motor racing fan there was no-one else but Nigel Mansell. “Nigel was a bit of a drama queen,” said Christian. “But he had big balls and was always a tremendously exciting driver to watch. I suppose that between them, Monkey and Mansell have a lot to answer for…”

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