Pierre Gasly predicts Christian Horner will return to the Formula 1 paddock in future, given his \u201cremarkable\u201d success during his time at Red Bull.<\/p>\n
Horner was relieved of operational duties at the team he had fronted for two decades following the British Grand Prix, with Racing Bulls boss Laurent Mekies stepping up to replace him.<\/p>\n
Gasly \u2018sure some teams will be interested\u2019 in Christian Horner amid Red Bull exit<\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n
Several drivers expressed their surprise at Christian Horner\u2019s exit from Red Bull as F1 assembled for the first time since news of his exit broke, with the sport\u2019s previous longest-serving team principal absent from the Belgian GP paddock.<\/p>\n
While no next steps have been announced by Horner at this moment, his success at the helm of Red Bull is likely to make him a candidate for teams looking at a new boss in future.<\/p>\n
Gasly<\/a>, who spent the first half of the 2019 season with the Milton Keynes-based team, remarked that, despite his relatively short stay in a race seat, Horner\u2019s \u201cexperience and skills\u201d will be an attractive prospect for Red Bull\u2019s rivals in future \u2013 and this is unlikely to be the last the sport sees of the Briton.<\/p>\n What next for Christian Horner after Red Bull departure?<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Why Christian Horner\u2019s shock firing from Red Bull won\u2019t be felt immediately<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Where are they now? The nine other team bosses in Horner\u2019s debut season<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think his quality is undoubtable,\u201d Gasly said of Horner to media including PlanetF1.com at Spa.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019ve got the number of championships he\u2019s had in 20 years of [his] career, then you can only respect all the success with the team in what he\u2019s done with Red Bull Racing<\/a> over there, it\u2019s very remarkable and very impressive.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, for sure, [he\u2019s] very, very good at what he\u2019s been doing with the team.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to see him somewhere, because with that sort of experience and skills, I\u2019m sure some teams will be interested with Christian.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, obviously I was closer to Helmut [Marko], just from the fact that he\u2019s more the link between the drivers. Helmut came to coach me when I was 17, signed a contract with him.<\/p>\n \u201cI got to know Christian a bit later through the process and being part of the academy, so I had less contact with him, but still some, and I think he\u2019s for sure been doing very well with Red Bull.\u201d<\/p>\n