The Latest Breaking News from Christian Horner

Christian Horner has been sacked as Red Bull F1 boss after 20 years, following internal disputes and scandal. Laurent Mekies steps in as team principal amid uncertainty over Max Verstappen's future.

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, married to Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, was embroiled in a scandal that saw his alleged WhatsApp chats with a female employee leaked last year.

Watch: What Horner's sacking really means for Verstappen, F1 and Red Bull?

Born on 28 April 1977 in Tours, France, Laurent Mekies has become only the second team boss in the history of the Red Bull Formula 1 team. The Milton Keynes-based outfit, which entered Formula 1 in 2005, was shaped and led to success by Christian Horner for two decades, until his abrupt…

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Martin Brundle has shared what Christian Horner's initial reaction was after being fired as Red Bull’s Formula One team principal on Wednesday, 9 July.

Horner, Red Bull F1 boss for 20 years, has been relieved of his duties in a shock announcement

Christian Horner sacked as Red Bull team principal