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Christian Horner has already spoken connected a imaginable determination to Ferrari arsenic the squad main is sacked aft 20 years astatine Red Bull Racing.
The satellite of Formula 1 was rocked connected Wednesday greeting aft it was confirmed that Horner would beryllium relieved from his duties astatine Red Bull with contiguous effect.
It has been confirmed that Racing Bulls brag Laurent Mekies volition instrumentality implicit from Horner astatine the squad from the Belgium Grand Prix.
Following the quality Red Bull managing manager Oliver Mintzlaff said: "We would similar to convey Christian Horner for his exceptional enactment implicit the past 20 years.
"With his tireless commitment, experience, expertise, and innovative thinking, helium has been instrumental successful establishing Red Bull Racing arsenic 1 of the astir palmy and charismatic teams successful Formula 1. Thank you for everything, Christian, and you volition everlastingly stay an important portion of our squad history."
Red Bull person been successful turmoil truthful acold successful the 2025 play arsenic they beryllium 4th successful the constructor standings with Max Verstappen's hopes of different satellite rubric astir wholly faded away.
However, they are not the lone squad to person underperformed with Ferrari also falling mode beneath the season's expectations.
Ferrari were tipped to beryllium superior rubric challengers this play with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, but beryllium 2nd to McLaren with little than fractional of the British team's points.
With squad main Fred Vasseur nether superior pressure, reports linked Horner to a daze determination to the Scuderia backmost successful May.
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German outlet Bild claimed that Ferrari had made an archetypal attack to Horner owed to Ferrari's aboriginal play performance.
Following the report, Horner was bombarded with questions up of past month's Spanish Grand Prix astir a imaginable power to Ferrari.
"Of people it’s ever flattering to beryllium associated with different teams but my committedness 100 percent is with Red Bull," Horner explained.
Christian Horner and Fred Vasseur (credit: Getty)
"It ever has been and surely volition beryllium for the long-term. There’s a clump of speculation ever successful this business. People coming here, going there, oregon whatever. I deliberation radical wrong the squad cognize precisely what the concern is."
Horner added: "My Italian is worse than Flavio’s [Briatore] English, truthful however connected world would that work?"
Ferrari squad main is without uncertainty 1 of the highest unit positions successful each of sport, but besides 1 of the astir prestigious, meaning a determination for Horner would arguably beryllium a measurement up contempt being sacked.
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