Horner-Alpine? There is a bureaucratic obstacle until September

Otro Capital wants to sell its shares, but… It is no mystery that Christian Horner wants to return to F1 as soon as possible. The former Red Bull team principal was relieved of his duties last July and must observe a period of gardening leave which will keep him out of F1 until late next spring. Since Horner’s desire would be to follow in the footsteps of Toto Wolff by becoming not only an employee, but a shareholder of his next team, one of the main candidates to satisfy this ‘requirement’ on the part of the British manager is Alpine. Horner and Flavio Briatore have excellent relationships, but according to what was reported by the PlanetF1.com newspaper there is an obstacle that could postpone Horner’s possible arrival in Alpine until September. Otro Capital wants to sell 24% of the shares it acquired in 2023, shares which have grown by 170% in value (Otro Capital invested 216 million dollars when Alpine came, Alpine was valued at 900 million, now the value of the Enstone team has risen and stands at 2.45 billion according to Forbes). From what has emerged, however, Otro Capital cannot sell its share before three years and the purchase dates back to 13 September 2023. If Alpine is actually Horner’s future, the latter will have to wait until September to take over the shares of Otro Capital.