Red Bull, Horner dismantles the 2025 comeback: “The same even if a bus had hit me”

Christian Horner’s return to the paddock His presence on the starting grid of the British GP at Silverstone certainly did not go unnoticed. Returning to the Formula 1 paddock for the first time almost exactly one year after his farewell to Red Bull, Christian Horner has nevertheless remained central to this point in the discussions on politics and the possible future movements of the majority of the teams involved in the GPs. Initially compared to Aston Martin, Williams, Alpine and even Ferrari – in the moment of maximum tension between the Cavallino management and the French team principal Frederic Vasseur – now the nebulous fate of the 52-year-old English manager seems divided between a flashback with an Aston Martin which has meanwhile fallen into disgrace (if only in terms of performance) and the idea of ​​joining a new project such as that of the Chinese company BYD. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our contents more easily The stone in the shoe of the former Red Bull boss Beyond the future, the return to Silverstone could only be an opportunity to launch some flames on his long past in Red Bull, also vindicating the goodness of what the Milton Keynes team did in the final phase of the 2025 season. And, perhaps above all, to distance itself from the management difficulties highlighted in the last period, including problems with the wing “Macarena” which has already taken Max Verstappen off the track at high speed twice in eight days, uncertainties about developments and tensions with the entourage of the four-time world champion, who could now also activate the famous early exit clause from his contract. “It usually takes 9 to 12 months to see a change – explained Christian Horner in an interview with the London newspaper The Times – in a Formula 1 team, so everything that happened last year would have evolved in the same way even if I had been hit by a bus and they hadn’t replaced me”. A clear dig at his former team which, a few days after the arrival of the new team principal and CEO Laurent Mekies, had immediately won the Sprint Race at Spa, starting a powerful comeback against Lando Norris in the second part of the season. There’s still a future in F1 “I can only be judged on what I’ve done so, I guess, history will decide what my legacy will be. But I’m not looking for compliments, I’m pleased with myself for what I’ve managed to do,” he added. Finally Christian Horner concludes by talking about the future by announcing that his mission in the paddock is not over: “I don’t feel I have a duty to return, I could easily become a new version of Jeremy Clarkson. But there is a part of me that feels I’m not finished with F1 yet.”

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2026-07-08 10:25:00