Christian Horner is reportedly planning a Formula 1 comeback with a £1.5b bid after his departure from Red Bull.
The 51-year-old resides in a £9.2m mansion with his Spice Girl wife Geri Halliwell-Horner in the village of Marston Saint Lawrence, near Banbury.
Mr Horner was relieved of his Red Bull team principal role last month after 20 years of service, seeing him pocket a reported £80 million payout in the process.
He had been team principal there since 2005, overseeing eight drivers’ world championships and six constructors’ titles.
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Now, in a new report from The Times, it is said that the former Red Bull man could make a “dramatic return” to the paddock.
This would see him either fronting a new or purchased team valued at more than £1.5 billion.
The national newspaper adds that Mr Horner has been approached by a group of wealthy investors who are “eager to collaborate”.
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This would give him the potential funding he would need to acquire a team with reports, adding that he does not want to take on another team-principal role.
Instead, he prefers the idea of owning a team, and he could be back in the paddock as early as April 2026 after the settlement with Red Bull.
The Times mentions that neither FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem nor F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali would stand in the way of a return.
“[Mr Horner] could come back with more power than ever before,” said the report.