{"id":153032,"date":"2025-09-22T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/153032\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:52:07","slug":"christian-horner-handed-52m-payout-after-red-bull-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/153032\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner handed \u00a352m payout after Red Bull sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 51-year-old who lives near Banbury\u00a0was relieved of his Red Bull team principal role last month after 20 years of service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Early in July,\u00a0a statement from Red Bull GmbH read: \u201cRed Bull has released Christian Horner from his operational duties with effect from today (Wednesday, July 9) and has appointed Laurent Mekies as CEO of Red Bull Racing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25484649.emma-watson-happiest-healthiest-despite-driving-ban\/?ref=ed_recent?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emma Watson is &#8216;happiest and healthiest&#8217; she&#8217;s been despite driving ban<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Christian Horner.(Image: Bradley Collyer \/ PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Horner had been team principal at Red Bull since 2005, overseeing eight drivers\u2019 world championships and six constructors\u2019 titles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Formula 1 star resides in a \u00a39.2m mansion with his wife, Geri Halliwell-Horner, on the Oxfordshire border with Northamptonshire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, Mr Horner has secured a whopping \u00a352 million payout from his former employers, according to BBC Sport\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A source close to Red Bull told the media organisation that the 51-year-old had been given a pay-off of 60 million euros.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25484511.doubts-cast-spice-girls-reunion-mel-c-update\/?ref=ed_recent?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doubts cast over Spice Girls reunion after Mel C update<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Readers can subscribe for just \u00a35 for 5 months in this flash sale <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37jAqqTGNp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/37jAqqTGNp<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1967822409987174887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 16, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  As reported by BBC Sport, Mr Horner had a salary of 12m euros a year, equating to \u00a310 million, and a contract to 2030.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement released on Monday, Red Bull&#8217;s CEO Oliver Mintzlaff thanked the former team principal for his &#8220;exceptional work&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: &#8220;With his tireless commitment, experience, expertise and innovative thinking, he has been instrumental in establishing Red Bull Racing as one of the most successful and attractive teams in Formula 1.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 51-year-old who lives near Banbury\u00a0was relieved of his Red Bull team principal role last month after 20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-153032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}