Christian Horner has to leave Formula 1 team Red Bull as team boss

Red Bull, World Champion Team of Formula 1, separates with immediate effect from team boss Christian Horner. The sister racing team Racing Bulls reported this on Wednesday morning, previously the “picture” reported. According to this, the 51-year-old Brit has his job at the racing team of quadruple champion Max Verstappen, successor is to be the previous Racing Bulls boss Laurent Mekies.

Horner has not been indisputable at Red Bull since an affair about supposedly inappropriate use of an employee since the previous year.

The sporting crisis of the recent months increased the pressure on Horner, which has led the team over the past 20 years. Already in the previous season, the next title win with series world champion Verstappen was difficult. This year the Dutch was only able to win two of the twelve seasonal runs, the competition from McLaren is mostly superior. This also led to speculation about early farewell to Verstappen.

In the middle of this situation, according to Horner media, this day should explain in front of the top of the group. According to the “Bild”, Red Bull Managing Director Oliver Mintzlaff has now made the decision to separate Horner.

The former racing driver was promoted to Formula 1 by Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz in 2005. Horner formed the former party racing team into a success machine. With the German pilot Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull won his first title. The next World Cup series followed with Verstappen.

But after the departure of design genius Adrian Newey and the death of Mateschitz, it was no longer as desired at Red Bull. Horner’s position was also weakened by the anger for the allegations of an employee who felt treated inappropriately by the team leader. Horner was acquitted during an internal examination. However, the matter should go to court next year.

The successor to Mekies has successfully conducted the Racing Bulls team and is now being promoted. The Frenchman has a lot of experience in the motorsport king class and worked as a sports director at Ferrari from 2018 to 2023.

Before that, he also worked in various functions at the International Automobile Association FIA and acted there, among other things, as deputy race director for the Formula 1 runs. Mekies also has many years of experience as a motorsport engineer.