{"id":178785,"date":"2025-10-04T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/178785\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T10:35:07","slug":"aston-martin-turn-down-christian-horner-after-red-bull-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/178785\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Martin turn down Christian Horner after Red Bull sack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Formula 1 star resides in a \u00a39.2m mansion with his Spice Girl wife in the Northamptonshire village of Marston Saint Lawrence, near Banbury.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Horner was relieved of his Red Bull team principal role last month after 20 years of service, seeing him pocket a reported \u00a380 million payout in the process.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 51-year-old 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  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25355355.christian-horner-didnt-apply-planning-permission-9-2m-mansion\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian Horner didn&#8217;t apply for planning permission at \u00a39.2m mansion<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso during qualifying.(Image: David Davies \/ PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It has now been revealed by Aston Martin CEO and team principal Andy Cowell that the team have no intention of signing Mr Horner, who remains a free agent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Singapore, during a press conference, Mr Cowell revealed conversations between him and Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll had taken place on the matter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But, despite this, he insisted that there are unequivocally \u201cno plans\u201d for Mr Horner to take on either an operational or investment role within the Aston Martin team.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25487626.christian-horner-geri-halliwell-make-80m-life-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian Horner and Geri Halliwell make life decision amid \u00a380m payout<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Be the first to know with Oxford Mail! \ud83d\udcf1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Our flash sale brings the latest local happenings directly to you. Take advantage of our exclusive offer of over 40 per cent off an annual subscription.<br \/>Your community&#8217;s stories await. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpecialOffer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SpecialOffer<\/a> \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/eP825WLl9z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFugf53nGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uFugf53nGk<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1972936850852757613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 30, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  The 56-year-old said: \u201cI can clearly say there are no plans for involvement of Christian either in an operational or investment role in the future.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After his departure from Red Bull was confirmed, 51-year-old Mr Horner said it had been &#8220;an honour and a privilege&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: &#8220;I\u2019m incredibly proud of what we achieved as a team, breaking records and reaching heights no one would ever believe were possible, and I will forever carry that with me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;However, for me, my biggest satisfaction has been assembling and leading the most amazing group of talented and driven individuals and seeing them flourish.&#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 Formula 1 star resides in a \u00a39.2m mansion with his Spice Girl wife in the Northamptonshire village&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-178785","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\/178785","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=178785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}