{"id":791249,"date":"2026-07-10T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791249\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:35:09","slug":"fia-president-ben-sulayem-confident-horner-will-return-to-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791249\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA president Ben Sulayem confident Horner will return to Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a year away from the Formula 1 paddock, Christian Horner made a low-profile return during last weekend&#8217;s British Grand Prix, sparking fresh speculation about his future.<\/p>\n<p>The former Red Bull team principal and CEO was dismissed shortly after the 2025 British Grand Prix, bringing an end to a hugely successful 20-year spell in charge. Laurent Mekies later took over the role, while a formal severance agreement between Horner and Red Bull was finalised in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving the team, Horner has kept a relatively low profile within Formula 1. He has taken on an advisory position with London-based private equity firm Oakley Capital, worked on his memoir, and made appearances in both MotoGP and Formula E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After nearly a year away from the Formula 1 paddock, Christian Horner made a low-profile return during last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-791249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791249","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=791249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}