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Martin Brundle has revealed a daze item astir Christian Horner's sacking aft speaking to the erstwhile Red Bull squad principal.
It was confirmed connected Wednesday greeting that Horner would beryllium relieved of his duties with contiguous effect aft 20 years astatine the helm of the Red Bull Racing team.
The squad announced that Racing Bulls squad main Laurent Mekies volition instrumentality implicit the duties of CEO astatine Red Bull.
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."
What Christian Horner sacking means for Max Verstappen
Following the daze news, Brundle appeared connected Sky Sports to respond to the changes astatine Red Bull and explained the interaction the determination could person connected the aboriginal of Max Verstappen.
"It's not been hard to consciousness successful the F1 paddock and to observe that things were not peculiarly rosy," Brundle began.
Max Verstappen and Christian Horner pursuing the Austrian Grand Prix (credit: Getty)
"I judge it’s show related. I deliberation it makes it much apt that Verstappen volition enactment there. It became rather idiosyncratic with Verstappen.
"There are a fig of aspects, the car is struggling but they person won races brilliantly this year," helium added.
What Christian Horner told Martin Brundle pursuing sacking
Brundle besides revealed helium had contacted Horner earlier appearing connected Sky Sports News, and made a daze revelation astir the discourse of his departure.
"I americium owed to talk to Christian aboriginal today, I enactment a connection done to him," helium revealed.
"I asked if I could person a chat earlier I went connected TV due to the fact that I wanted to get his broadside of the communicative but that wasn’t possible. What helium did accidental to maine was nary crushed was fixed to him of wherefore helium was being released."
Christian Horner's 'uneasy relationship' astatine Red Bull led to exit
Sky Sports News' Craig Slater besides weighed successful connected the news, and claimed fractures successful the squad could person led to Horner's departure.
"The different facet to each of this has been the uneasy narration betwixt Horner and the Verstappen's, peculiar Jos Verstappen, Max Verstappen’s father," Slater explained.
Jos Verstappen and Christian Horner (credit: Getty)
Jos Verstappen had called for Horner to beryllium removed from Red Bull past season, pursuing 2 investigations into the squad main for inappropriate behaviour involving a pistillate employee.
"In the past twelvemonth oregon truthful you’ve had a full fig of precocious illustration radical permission the team. Jonathan Wheatley, Adrian Newey, the apical designer, Rob Marshall, who’s been precise palmy astatine McLaren and different members of unit arsenic well," helium added.
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