For Christian Horner, after 14 world championships, two decades and one frenzied ride in Formula 1, it has been an unprecedented period of serenity.
“I did 405 races in succession,” he tells me straight off the bat, dialling in on a video call with The Independent from his home in Highgate, North London. “This is really the first time in 35 years that I haven't been on that hamster wheel.”