- Christian Horner's reaction to his sacking as Red Bull team principal last summer is revealed in the new season of Netflix's Drive to Survive.
- Horner, who had been with the team for 20 years, expressed a "real sense of loss and hurt” in the immediate aftermath as he spoke to his wife Geri Halliwell, lamenting that he did not get a “proper goodbye”.
- He attributed his dismissal to losing a power struggle and being perceived as having "too much control" following the death of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz.
- Horner denied that Max Verstappen's father was responsible for his departure, instead pointing to Oliver Mintzlaff and Helmut Marko.
- He also stated that the decision to ditch Liam Lawson was not his, but rather a result of pressure to promote drivers from the junior programme.
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Christian Horner’s emotional reaction to Red Bull F1 axe revealed in Drive to Survive
