{"id":260081,"date":"2025-11-04T02:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260081\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:16:10","slug":"mekies-holds-back-horners-f1-return-as-team-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/260081\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekies holds back Horner\u2019s F1 return as team boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to F1 analyst Martin Brundle<\/a>, current Red Bull Racing team boss Laurent Mekies<\/a>\u2019 style and approach keeps ousted Christian Horner<\/a> from returning to the sport in the role he held at the Milton Keynes-based squad.”That\u2019s why Christian wouldn\u2019t want to come back as a team principal.”- Martin Brundle.<\/p>\n

Brundle is quick to praise current Red Bull leader for the way he\u2019s been able to steer the team in the right direction, arguing a new type of F1 team boss is quickly taking over the scene in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery impressed and he\u2019s handling it in a very mature way,\u201d Brundle said of Mekies in the Sky Sports F1 Show. \u201cEgo, absolutely non-existent. We\u2019re seeing a new type of team principal these days, aren\u2019t we?\u201d<\/p>\n

This parameter shift, Brundle thinks is the reason why Horner refrains from coming back in the role he took up for over two decades at Red Bull. \u201cThat\u2019s why Christian wouldn\u2019t want to come back as a team principal.<\/p>\n

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Christian Horner in the F1 paddock – Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with more of an engineering background, seems to be the way to tie together these vast quantities of highly specialised people in a team and he\u2019s got help with the politics, with Helmut Marko and others.\u201d<\/p>\n

An increasing number of Formula 1 teams have also gone for team principals with an engineering background, like McLaren\u2019s Andrea Stella, who has been essential to the Woking-based team\u2019s return to its glorious form.<\/p>\n

Racing Bulls, Aston Martin, Williams, Haas and Sauber, have also recruited some big names with a stellar technical\/strategical background as well.<\/p>\n

Second Red Bull seat decision? Mekies is \u2018the right man\u2019Red Bull are still to announce their driver line up for the 2026 season<\/a>, which Brundle believes will be made in collaboration with Mekies and the rest of the higher-ups in the team\u2019s hierarchy.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think it\u2019ll be a collaboration on the [2026] driver choice, probably more so than in the past among the senior people in Red Bull, but I think he actually is the right man for the right time in Formula 1, and that\u2019s the way it\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Racing Bulls driver, and title contender Max Verstappen are the only drivers who\u2019ve been confirmed for the upcoming F1 season<\/a>, leaving the Dutch driver\u2019s and the French Algerian current teammates, Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson respectively, alongside F2 talent Arvid Lindblad, to fight over the remaining two seats in the Red Bull family.<\/p>\n

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