Red Bull boss Christian Horner and technical chief Adrian Newey have both taken to the team's simulator for a challenge.

Horner, who drove in Formula 3000 before moving into management, took on the challenge on Tuesday, competing on the team's Red Bull Ring in Austria in an attempt to topple David Coulthard's benchmark 1:17.960. The team boss will be pleased it was only a computer simulation he was driving, after a heavy collision with the barriers led to a barrel role on an early run.

In the end, Horner had to settle for a 1:20.380.

Our #F1 Simulator Challenge! 🏁 Next up, it's Christian's turn to set a lap of the @RedBull Ring 🏆 #givesyouwingshttps://t.co/WGToio6F1k — Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) August 16, 2016

It follows Newey's attempts on the same circuit on Monday. It is safe to say the technical guru should stick to designing race cars rather than attempting to drive them, putting the simulator version in the wall before recording a time 1.4s slower than Horner.

On this evidence it seems unlikely Newey's son Harrison, who drives in European Formula 3, will be asking his dad for any racing advice any time soon.