Christian Horner recounts episodes that led doctors to suspect anxiety

Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says doctors suspected anxiety after he sought medical checks for recurring episodes of dizziness and unusual awareness of his breathing during his Formula 1 career.

In an interview with The Guardian, Horner said he initially did not understand what was happening. “I didn't know what it was,” he recalled. He first put the sensations down to too much coffee.

After another episode, he said, a medical check found nothing physically wrong. Doctors told him they thought he had anxiety and that his breathing was very shallow.

Horner described the experience as his body telling him he was pushing himself hard. He says he can now recognise the symptoms and let them go by breathing.