{"id":354911,"date":"2025-12-17T23:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/354911\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:48:11","slug":"christian-horner-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-f1-team-as-he-eyes-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/354911\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner in talks to buy stake in F1 team as he eyes return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Horner is in talks with Alpine as he looks to secure a return to F1 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Horner is eyeing up a 24 percent stake of the Anglo-French outfit, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old Briton has been seeking a return to F1 since being sacked by Red Bull in the summer after 20 years in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Horner reportedly has his sights set on the shares owned by American consortium Otro Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile athletes and other celebrities are associated with Otro\u00a0Capital as investors, including boxer Anthony Joshua, golfer Rory McIIroy and Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Otro Capital is understood to be exploring a possible sale, and Horner has expressed his interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to De Telegraaf, Horner has not denied that he is in talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/teams\/alpine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alpine<\/a> but refused to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>Horner agreed a shorter period of gardening leave as part of a severance package that will enable him to return to the F1 paddock in the spring of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Horner was linked with Aston Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Horner is believed to have been given a tour of the team\u2019s Silverstone factory by former Red Bull colleague Adrian Newey under cover of darkness and held talks with Aston Martin, but no deal progressed.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Where would Horner fit in at Alpine?<\/p>\n<p>Logistically, Alpine would make sense for Horner, as their F1 base is located close to his Oxfordshire home.<\/p>\n<p>Should Horner join Alpine, he would link up with close friend Flavio Briatore, who is an advisor and de facto team boss.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what role would be available to Horner, given Briatore has held the duties of team principal since the resignation of Oliver Oakes in May.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, F1 veteran Steve Nielsen has returned to Alpine as managing director.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Horner is known to want more control and a bigger role than the one he held at Red Bull if he does indeed make a comeback.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Horner is in talks with Alpine as he looks to secure a return to F1 in 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[821,64,63,1199,817,806,805,803,804,946,85],"class_list":["post-354911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-alpine","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-christian-horner","tag-f1","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354911","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=354911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}