{"id":205946,"date":"2025-10-11T17:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205946\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T17:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:48:07","slug":"christian-horner-to-haas-sticking-point-identified-after-approach-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/205946\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner to Haas sticking point identified after \u2018approach\u2019 confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu revealed in the build-up to the Singapore Grand Prix that former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner had approached the team regarding a potential future role.<\/p>\n<p>While nothing has resulted from those initial talks, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/team\/haas\/results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haas<\/a> head Guenther Steiner has claimed there\u2019s one big sticking point that would prevent Horner from making the swap to F1\u2019s smallest team: Money.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Horner to Haas move ruled out over finances<\/p>\n<p>Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner has reportedly been on the lookout for a new entry point into Formula 1 after being sacked by his longtime team after the conclusion of the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that part of a recent settlement between Horner and his former team involves a clause that would enable the Briton to pursue a future role in the F1 paddock as early as the midway point of 2026; as such, Horner\u2019s name has been linked to a variety of operations including Alpine, Aston Martin, and even Haas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes it\u2019s true that he approached us,\u201d Ayao Komatsu, Haas team principal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/christian-horner-approached-haas-over-possible-f1-return-talks-held\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said of Horner in Singapore<\/a>. \u201cAnd then one of our guys had an exploratory, let\u2019s say, a talk. Then that\u2019s it. Then nothing\u2019s gone any further.<\/p>\n<p>Komatsu didn\u2019t elaborate further, but the suggestion that Horner is reaching out to the small American team seems to indicate that he\u2019s looking for a speedy return to F1.<\/p>\n<p>More on Christian Horner\u2019s next move:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/williams-christian-horner-new-team-search\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williams: \u2018No point closing the door\u2019 on Christian Horner amid new team search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/johnny-herbert-christian-horner-ferrari-prime-target\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Horner named Ferrari \u2018prime target\u2019 by Herbert after Adrian Newey miss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0should he make the move to Haas? Guenther Steiner, former Haas team principal, put the brakes on that rumor in a recent episode of The Red Flags Podcast \u2014\u00a0and that concern largely comes down to money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, we all know now from the reporting how much money Christian made,\u201d Horner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think that Haas will pay him that amount of money. That\u2019s the first thing. So that\u2019s my take on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I was paid the amount Christian was paid, but I wasn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steiner further elaborated on why he felt Horner would be a poor fit, saying, \u201cWhere\u00a0Christian is coming from, it\u2019s different. Red Bull is a team with the biggest infrastructure, I would say, in Formula 1. They make their own engines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, yeah, you could say Audi is the same, but Audi is still young compared with Red Bull, so it\u2019s a completely different thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously Christian doesn\u2019t go there to participate in F1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess they came out because he talked with somebody at Haas, as it was reported afterwards. And therefore the rumors came out that he was going there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is how quick rumors get legs in Formula 1; you speak with somebody, it\u2019s a fact. No, we just spoke about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steiner was pressed to offer some advice to Horner should he make a move to Haas, which the former team principal declined. However, he was willing to discuss what life could look like for Horner away from the race track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he gets busy pretty quick as well,\u201d Steiner admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d I haven\u2019t spoken with him since he left Red Bull. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s in his mind, what he wants to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe he just wants to go back into it. Could easily be, you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut maybe he\u2019s happy to do something else. I mean, Christian could easily go on TV, on Sky. It\u2019s perfect. And he knows the sport very well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think Christian is trying to \u00a0get somewhere in a team again. He lived it for so long, that\u2019s his passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as I said, I think you need to give himself a little bit of time, to calm down, not to take the first opportunity but to see what else is around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Horner\u2019s future is currently unclear, though it is understood that he is looking to secure a partial ownership role in any team he works for going forward in much the same way that Toto Wolff owns a stake in the Mercedes team he runs.<\/p>\n<p>Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-girlfriend-obsession-what-singapore-gp-coverage-actually-reveals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Does F1 have a girlfriend obsession? What Singapore GP coverage actually reveals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu revealed in the build-up to the Singapore Grand Prix that former Red Bull&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,1199,817,813,816,3552,5328,818,44,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-205946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-christian-horner","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-guenther-steiner","15":"tag-haas","16":"tag-home-page","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205946","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=205946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}