Horner’s sacking came as a surprise at the time — he was under contract until 2030.<\/p>\n
It is understood Horner has accepted a reduced payout from what the full contractual payout would have been, which allows him to return to F1 in any capacity next spring.<\/p>\n
A source put the payout in the region of $100 million.<\/p>\n
Christian Horner was relieved of his operational duties in July and has now officially left Red Bull.\u00a0Bryn Lennon – Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Under Horner’s leadership, Red Bull won eight drivers’ and six constructors’ championships in two different periods of dominance.<\/p>\n
On Monday, following the settlement, Red Bull confirmed he is no longer with the company.<\/p>\n
A statement<\/a> read: “Oracle Red Bull Racing announces today that Team Principal and CEO Christian Horner will leave the team.”<\/p>\n Other sources had previously told ESPN Horner is keen to return to the world of Formula 1 as soon as possible.<\/p>\n – Cadillac ‘shut down’ links to ex-Red Bull boss Horner<\/a> Before his sacking, Horner had been linked with Ferrari, but the Italian team has since extended team boss Fred Vasseur’s contract.<\/p>\n Incoming F1 team Cadillac<\/a> have also ruled out a move for him.<\/p>\n More recently Horner has been linked in reports to a potential consortium looking to invest in an ownership stake of the Alpine team.<\/p>\n “Leading Red Bull Racing has been an honour and privilege,” Horner added in Red Bull’s statement.<\/p>\n “When we started in 2005, none of us could have imagined the journey ahead — the championships, the races, the people, the memories. I’m incredibly proud of what we achieved as a team breaking records and reaching heights no-one would ever believe were possible and I will forever carry that with me.”<\/p>\n Horner was sacked a year after keeping his role<\/a> following an internal sexual misconduct investigation stemming from allegations from a former Red Bull Racing employee.<\/p>\n That only deepened the political rifts that followed late co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz’s death<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n Horner also had a much-publicised falling-out<\/a> with Jos Verstappen, father of Max. The Verstappens are closely aligned with Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko.<\/p>\n Laurent Mekies has taken over from Horner at Red Bull, which just sealed back-to-back victories at the Italian<\/a> and Azerbaijan<\/a> grands prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Horner will be able to return to Formula 1 as early as spring 2026 after finalising a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-161909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– Wolff admits he misses ‘great enemy’ Horner<\/a>
– McLaren boss on Verstappen title chances: ‘YES!’<\/a><\/p>\nHorner, who helped Max Verstappen to four world titles, is eyeing a return to Formula 1.\u00a0Mark Thompson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n