In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip.
Christian Horner’s sacking after over 20 years at the helm of Red Bull Racing, during which the team won six constructors’ championships and eight drivers’ titles, is further evidence of what you might term the footballification of F1.
