Christian Horner revealed Red Bull’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko wanted Daniel Ricciardo dropped by RB after June’s Spanish Grand Prix. After months of speculation, Ricciardo was released by Red Bull’s junior squad following last month’s Singapore Grand Prix, with Liam Lawson taking his seat for the final six rounds of the 2024 season. At the…
Christian Horner has compared Adrian Newey’s exit from Red Bull to Cristiano Ronaldo leaving Manchester United in 2009, insisting the reigning F1 champions can continue winning without the legendary designer. Aston Martin announced on Tuesday that Newey will join in March 2025 as managing technical partner and a shareholder of the team, following confirmation from…
Jos Verstappen “is a bigger fan” of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff than Red Bull chief Christian Horner, according to the latter’s colleague, Dr Helmut Marko. The father of Red Bull’s star driver Max Verstappen publicly called for Horner to leave the team earlier this year after the team principal had been accused of inappropriate behaviour…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says it is “remarkable” that Lando Norris has only won two races during the 2024 Formula 1 season in McLaren’s “benchmark” car. Norris produced a stunning display of pace to beat Max Verstappen by 22 seconds in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, reducing the Red Bull driver’s Drivers’ Championship lead…
Italian Olympian Guido Vianello registered the most important win of his career by upsetting Arslanbek Mahkmudov via an eighth-round TKO victory on the same evening Christian Mbilli dominated Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Vianello and Mahkmudov met in the World Series of Boxing nearly 10 years ago, with Vianello retiring in the fourth due to an ear injury. This time, things were different. From…
Christian Horner has confirmed Red Bull will hold talks over Sergio Perez’s future on Monday after the team’s motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said the Mexican driver “completely collapsed” in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Perez came into the final race before Formula 1’s summer break under heavy pressure to deliver a strong result having scored just…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested McLaren should have allowed Lando Norris to win the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris was in the lead during the final stint after McLaren pitted him first, which put the Briton ahead of Oscar Piastri. The Briton initially refused to give back the position but after several team…
Christian Horner insists Max Verstappen will not be changing after again defending his driver following his clash with Lando Norris at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. The reigning world champion was handed a 10-second penalty for the incident on lap 64 with the pair fighting for the lead which resulted in them colliding and allowed…
Max Verstappen says the latest public feud between his father Jos and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is “not nice” and “could have been avoided”. Following clashes between the pair earlier in the year, the conflict reignited at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix as Verstappen Snr claimed that Horner had effectively blocked him from…
