{"id":353841,"date":"2025-12-17T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353841\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:13:10","slug":"christian-horner-linked-to-alpine-ownership-team-principal-role-in-stunning-return-to-the-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/353841\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner linked to Alpine ownership, team principal role in stunning return to the sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Horner<\/a> is back in talks with the Formula 1<\/a> paddock.<\/p>\n

The ousted team principal from Red Bull<\/a> has been through the wringer recently, supremo Helmut Marko<\/a> leaving him out to dry in his retirement<\/a> and calling the Brit a “liar.”<\/p>\n

According to De Telegraff, a Dutch newspaper, Horner is now lining himself up to buy the 24 per cent stake that might be available in Alpine<\/a> as Otro Capital consortium looks to leave the team that currently sits last on the grid.<\/p>\n

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Alpine, then Renault, was entirely owned by the French government but now a consortium owns 24 per cent of the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iconic names such as Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Michael B. Jordan, Rory McIlroy<\/a> and Anthony Joshua<\/a> injected nearly $354m AUD for a hand in the equity stake in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

Team principal Christian Horner and key Red Bull personnel had an emergency meeting after Bahrain’s race.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Now, it is an open secret that Otro Capital is looking to sell their stake with sources believing that Horner is lining himself up to buy in to the team’s ownership landscape.<\/p>\n

De Telegraff reports that “Horner does not deny that he is in talks with Renault or Alpine,” but the former Red Bull heavyweight would not comment further.<\/p>\n

Alpine declined to comment on the news.<\/p>\n

The team is led by Flavio Briatore, but most believe the 75-year-old is at the tail end of his career, which has been riddled with scandal. <\/p>\n

Horner and Briatore are long-standing friends in F1 and the two have reportedly discussed the idea of Horner creating an investment group to take over the 24 per cent stake.<\/p>\n

\"Christian<\/p>\n

Christian Horner and Flavio Briatore have long had links in the Formula 1 paddock. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Horner’s appearance in Alpine would see him take over as both a business owner and team principal, much like Mercedes’ Toto Wolff’s role with the Silver Arrows. <\/p>\n

Leadership and stability are needed at Alpine after a woeful 2025 season where they finished last in the constructors’ championship.<\/p>\n

After finishing with 22 points, the lowest haul of his career, driver Pierre Gasly said after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: “This is the best night of the year. It’s over.<\/p>\n

“I told them to keep the car out of my sight next year. I’m sure we can put it in a corner at Enstone. It wasn’t the easiest car to drive.”<\/p>\n

Currently, Horner is on ‘gardening leave’ from Formula 1<\/a> until April of next season, but the hefty $160m AUD pay-out from Red Bull will allow him to have a look at ownership avenues.<\/p>\n

\"Pierre<\/p>\n

Pierre Gasly took home one of the worst points hauls in his F1 career. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The team would relish in a strong leadership figure to build around, with Horner coming in with eight drivers’ championship under his belt from Sebastian Vettel<\/a> and Max Verstappen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, the understanding is that Otro Capital’s consortium stake would have jumped up in profit by near 50 per cent due to the popularity of F1 in recent years.<\/p>\n

This means that Horner and the investment group may need to hand out nearly $708m AUD to the French team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Horner is back in talks with the Formula 1 paddock. The ousted team principal from Red Bull…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353842,"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-353841","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\/353841","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=353841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}