{"id":177176,"date":"2025-09-29T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/177176\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:38:07","slug":"why-christian-horner-to-alpine-would-not-work-after-red-bull-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/177176\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Christian Horner to Alpine ‘would not work’ after Red Bull agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner thinks a move to Alpine for Christian Horner \u201cwould not work\u201d, due to Flavio Briatore\u2019s place within the team\u2019s structure.<\/p>\n

Briatore currently sits as executive advisor at Alpine, but is operationally at the top of the team with new managing director, Steve Nielsen, reporting into him.<\/p>\n

Why Christian Horner to Alpine \u2018would not work\u2019<\/p>\n

Horner officially severed his final ties with Red Bull<\/a> last Monday after agreeing a settlement figure PlanetF1.com understands to be within the region of $100m [\u00a374.2m], which is set to come with the ability to return to the Formula 1 paddock by the middle of 2026, should he so choose.<\/p>\n

Horner has quickly been linked with other jobs in the Formula 1 paddock, but is understood to be interested in returning not only as a team principal, but as an investor in a team to have a stake in its dealings, not unlike the arrangement Toto Wolff has at Mercedes, where he is also a one-third co-owner.<\/p>\n

Steiner, who earlier in September led a consortium in a takeover of the Tech3 MotoGP team in his own return to motorsport, does not believe Horner will make a return to Formula 1 immediately, and will wait for the right opportunity to present itself.<\/p>\n

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Having previously ruled out Aston Martin<\/a> as a potential destination for the former Red Bull team principal, Steiner does not believe having Horner and Briatore, who are known to enjoy a friendly relationship, at the top of Alpine would be able to work on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n

That said, he added that the 51-year-old will be able to hold on for the right chance to return to the paddock.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he will wait a little bit,\u201d Steiner said of Horner on the Red Flags podcast. \u201cHe\u2019s eager to get there, but you know, in the moment, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything there for him that he wants to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he wants to be part of team owning and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything for sale or to be had.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you want to buy it, I mean, it\u2019s a lot of money. I know he got a lot of money [in his Red Bull agreement], but what he got is not enough to buy a team \u2013 far off it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, because he would not do anything else [other] than being team principal, even going to Alpine to work with Flavio. I mean, that would not work, Flavio and him in the top position \u2013 then Flavio would need to go, and it doesn\u2019t look like Flavio is going anywhere soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can wait. I mean, Christian, he doesn\u2019t need to be in a hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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