New Red Bull CEO makes major admission over the sudden sacking of Christian Horner after replacing him

New Red Bull squad main Laurent Mekies has opened up connected replacing Christian Horner arsenic helium has spoken for the archetypal clip since landing the role.

Horner was relieved of his duties astatine Red Bull this week, having been successful complaint since they joined the grid successful 2005, starring them to six drivers and 8 constructors' titles.

His sacking brings an extremity to his 20-year spell with Red Bull, with the 51-year-old tipped for a daze caller role that would nonstop shockwaves done Formula 1.

Mekies, who was Racing Bulls boss, is tasked with starring Red Bull into a caller epoch arsenic helium becomes conscionable their 2nd squad principal.

The Frenchman, 48, said 'it feels unreal' to beryllium astatine Red Bull but made a large admittance astir Horner.

"It inactive feels a spot unreal to beryllium present and not to spot him," helium told Sky Sports.

"It would beryllium intolerable to underestimate the size of the accomplishment this squad has had nether 20 years of Christian's leadership.

"I met him 20 years agone erstwhile helium was the youngest squad main successful F1 and it's unbelievable to spot however he's turned this spot to the level it is now.

"That journey, the galore titles and wins. Christian is besides the guy, with Helmut [Marko] and Oliver {Mintzlaff] that brought maine backmost to the Red Bull household 2 years ago. All the archetypal thoughts are with him today."

Laurent Mekies has replaced Christian Horner astatine Red Bull. Image: Getty

Mekies besides referenced Red Bull creating their ain motor for adjacent year's regularisation change, adding: "I look astatine this squad arsenic astir extracurricular look astatine them, we spot the precise champion radical successful the satellite astatine what they do.

"That's what this squad is, adjacent from being a rival antecedently you look astatine Red Bull Racing arsenic being the sharpest team, having managed to accumulate the champion endowment to enactment together.

"It is simply a privilege to articulation the squad and the absorption volition beryllium connected making definite each the talented radical present person what they request to execute astatine their best, due to the fact that they are already the precise best.

"We volition beryllium focussing connected that and making definite the Red Bull vigor is flowing done the team. We are not underestimating the situation ahead, we volition request everybody and we volition spell astir it unneurotic and I americium definite with everyone's contributions we volition tackle this challenge."