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2 hours ago
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Mekies takes over at Red Bull after Horner sacked
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Red Bull sacked Christian Horner, Formula One's longest-serving active team principal and one of the most successful of all time, and replaced him on Wednesday with Racing Bulls' Laurent Mekies. Horner, 51, had been in position since Red Bull took over the Jaguar team and entered as a constructor in 2005. Frenchman Mekies hands over at the Italy-based Racing Bulls sister team to Alan Permane, who was previously the racing director. "Red Bull has released Christian Horner from his operational duties with effect from today (Wednesday 9 July 2025) and has appointed Laurent Mekies as CEO of Red Bull Racing," Red Bull said in a statement. "We would like to thank Christian Horner for his exceptional work over the last 20 years," said Oliver Mintzlaff, Red Bull's CEO of corporate projects and investments. "With his tireless commitment, experience, expertise and innovative thinking, he has been instrumental in establishing Red Bull Racing as one of the most successful and attractive teams in Formula One. "Thank you for everything, Christian, and you will forever remain an important part of our team history." Red Bull Racing later confirmed Mekies would look after all Formula One operational duties as principal of the Milton Keynes-based team. Horner, whose contract had been due to run until 2030, addressed the team and told them leading the team had been the biggest privilege of his life. Sky Sports television commentator Martin Brundle, a former F1 racer, reported Horner told him "no reason was given" for being replaced. Red Bull won eight Drivers' World Championships -- four with Sebastian Vettel and four with Max Verstappen -- and six Constructors' titles under Horner. They have struggled this season with the team sitting fourth on 172 points in the constructors' standings and trailing champions and leaders McLaren by 288. Red Bull's four-times Formula One champion Max Verstappen has won two of 12 races and is third in the drivers' championship, with speculation rife about a move elsewhere . The Dutch driver reacted to the news on Instagram, with a picture of him embracing Horner. "From my first race win, to four world championships, we have shared incredible successes," he said. "Winning memorable races and breaking countless records. Thank you for everything, Christian." Alpine's Flavio Briatore, whose team have run through a long list of principals in recent years, also posted a message of support and wished him the best with his "next adventure". "Twenty years at the top says it all," said the Italian. "A competitor on the track but also a friend off track." Verstappen's father Jos was much less of a fan and called last year for Horner to go after allegations of misconduct were made by a female employee. The Briton denied them and was cleared after an investigation. "It is not completely out of the blue, given the problems in the team," Brundle said. "I believe it's performance-related as well. It perhaps makes it more likely that Verstappen will stay there -- I think that became quite personal." Mekies had been in charge at Faenza-based Racing Bulls since last season, working with CEO Peter Bayer. "Alan is the perfect man to take over now and continue our path. He knows the team inside out and has always been an important pillar of our early successes," Mekies said.
The Sun
2 hours ago
- The Sun
M1 shut down after ‘serious' crash causing huge traffic jams as cops warn motorway won't open ‘for some time'
DRIVERS have been warned of traffic chaos after a "serious crash" shut down the M1 this evening. The smash unfolded shortly after 8pm and saw southbound road closures. Blocks have been put in place between junctions four and five, with heavy queues building. It's estimated motorists could face delays until around midnight. A Herts., Police spokesperson said: 'We are advising motorists to avoid the M1 southbound between junctions five and four whilst we deal with a serious road traffic collision. 'The road is expected to remain closed for some time so please take an alternative route.' 1 is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.
Telegraph
3 hours ago
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Christian Horner's demise: A huge row with Jos Verstappen, then a tearful goodbye
After 20 years, eight drivers' titles, six constructors' titles, and 124 race wins, it all ended with a tearful speech in front of the entire workforce at the Red Bull Racing factory in Milton Keynes on Wednesday morning. Well, not the entire workforce. It is understood Red Bull chief Oliver Mintzlaff and motorsport advisor Helmut Marko decided to stay in the Racing Bulls factory next door. Christian Horner said what an honour it had been leading the team, building it up from the ashes of Stewart Grand Prix and Jaguar into Formula One's version of the All Blacks. According to witnesses, many of whom have never known life at the factory without Horner at the helm, there was sustained applause at the finish. Even a few tears from Horner himself and members of the staff. But it has felt for some time as if the situation at Red Bull Racing would end in tears. An emotional Christian Horner says goodbye to the Red Bull staff. — Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) July 9, 2025 When Jos Verstappen warned last last year that the team risked being 'torn apart' if Horner stayed in situ in the wake of his 'sexting' scandal, it fired the starting pistol on a civil war from which there could be only one survivor. What Verstappen snr was basically saying was: either Horner goes or my boy goes – sooner or later. That threat has been delivered. While Red Bull were winning – and they managed to claim the drivers' title last year thanks to their dominant form at the start of the season and then Verstappen's sheer brilliance – Horner was safe. He was, after all, cleared by two investigations and had the backing of Red Bull's majority owner, Thai businessman Chalerm Yoovidhya. Horner's relationships begin to fracture... again But that success was only papering over the cracks. With the team currently going through a lean spell on the track, and with the prospect of further lean times to come, the poison began to spread again this year. Horner's relationship with Verstappen snr and Marko began to fracture again. The shift in atmosphere when Jos, in particular, attended races was palpable. He has not done that so much of late, having been competing in rallying for much of the last 18 months. But he was there at Silverstone last weekend. After his son finished fifth in the race, multiple witnesses in the Red Bull garage saw him get into a heated row with Red Bull's director of communications, Paul Smith, and then with Horner as well. It is understood the disagreement centred on Smith's communications with the media, who he spoke with and what he was briefing. Smith was also placed on gardening leave this week, along with Oliver Hughes, Red Bull Racing's group chief marketing and commercial officer. Both were seen as staunch Horner allies. At the same time, the power battle with Austria, which has been going on since the death of Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz in 2022, returned to the fore. Horner was not just CEO and team principal of Red Bull Racing, he headed up the Powertrains and Advanced Technologies businesses, too. The marketing of both teams was also run in-house. Telegraph Sport has been told that Red Bull Austria first proposed spinning off the marketing for Racing Bulls, Red Bull's 'sister' team' in F1, earlier this season. Horner was then spotted heading to a key meeting with Mintzlaff following a desperately disappointing home race in Austria two weekends ago, where it was proposed that Red Bull Austria take full control of marketing for both teams. Even then, there was no inkling that Horner would be sacked so abruptly. The threat of Verstappen departing was seemingly the final straw. That threat, which has been hanging over the team for 18 months, undoubtedly focused minds, not least that of majority owner Yoovidhya. The Thai businessman was a notable absentee from last week's annual pre-Silverstone charity event, jointly hosted by Horner and his wife Geri Halliwell-Horner, in aid of Red Bull spinal injury foundation charity Wings for Life. Yoovidhya backed Horner for as long as he could but has clearly decided things can no longer go on as they are. Horner's sacking seems to be an attempt to keep Verstappen onside, although, unlike his father, he never appeared to have a personal issue with his team principal. And the irony is, even if Verstappen stays next season, he may well leave in 2027, depending on the team's competitiveness next year. 'People are just dumbfounded' Either way, faced with the prospect of another year or more of internal strife and politics, Red Bull's overlords have acted. Horner is understood to have been summoned to a meeting with Mintzlaff and Marko in London on Tuesday, where he was told he was to be 'relieved of his operational duties' but was still technically an employee (pending an enormous pay-off, one presumes, given Horner had more than five years left on his contract). Horner told senior management and then addressed the team on Wednesday. According to witnesses he had to collect himself at one point. There is a poignant element to the timing of this, with Horner's ex-wife Beverley, the father of his 11-year-old daughter Olivia, and with whom he had long since reconciled, dying last week after a long illness. The funeral will be held next week. 'It was pretty emotional,' said a team source. 'Most people have never driven through those gates without Christian in charge. People here are just dumbfounded really.' As is the sport. Red Bull enjoyed one of the most successful eras in Formula One history, with Horner undeniably a shrewd team principal, whatever else one might think of him. He assembled and ran a brilliant team, with Adrian Newey the creative genius, backed by a benign billionaire in Mateschitz, and then perhaps even more impressively kept it together and went on another winning run after Mercedes' years of success. It all came crashing down in the end, amid rancour and division and hubris, with Newey leaving as well as other senior figures such as sporting director Jonathan Wheatley and chief engineering officer Rob Marshall. It remains to be seen where the team go from here, whether other senior figures depart. But it feels like the end of an era.
