{"id":780740,"date":"2026-07-05T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780740\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:29:11","slug":"christian-horner-makes-return-to-f1-paddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/780740\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner makes return to F1 paddock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Horner has made his first appearance in an F1 paddock since his exit from Red Bull in July of last year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Horner was at the helm of the Red Bull squad for 20 years before he suddenly departed just days after the 2025 British Grand Prix.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old negotiated his exit terms with Red Bull and officially departed in September last year after agreeing to a severance package before commencing a period of gardening leave.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>That phase has since come to an end and Horner is now free to work in F1 again in any capacity that is offered to him.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Horner has not been spotted in the F1 paddock since his exit from the Milton Keynes-based squad, but has been present at other motorsport events, including MotoGP.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>But he has now made his first public appearance in the F1 paddock, arriving at Silverstone, the scene of his last race in charge of Red Bull.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Horner arrived at the track three hours before the start of Sunday&#8217;s grand prix.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>His first stop was the F1 motorhome before he ventured down to the FIA.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>He has been linked to various roles in the paddock since his exit from Red Bull, including positions at Ferrari, Aston Martin and Alpine.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, he has yet to consolidate a permanent position with a new team.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Briton sits as one of the most successful team bosses in F1 history, having enjoyed long periods of success with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Horner has made his first appearance in an F1 paddock since his exit from Red Bull in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-780740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780740","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=780740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}