Christian Horner: Red Bull F1 team principal sacked after 20 years in charge of Milton Keynes outfit
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Or that the owners are fed up with the car being bad, and scared max might leave and they would be the worst team on the grid.
Yeah the owners were happy to look past it while they were getting results
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First guess is sexual assault allegations have been proofed?
Or that first set was the tip of the iceberg and they're getting ahead of it?
Baseless speculation
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After collecting my thoughts I'm thinking this tells us Red Bull are seriously worried about Max leaving and are trying to take desperate measures. It could be related to the sexual assault allegations but the timing seems off with that and I'm pretty sure they knew they were true all along.
If it has anything to do with sexual assault allegations it's because they're either worse than we thought and they're getting ahead of it, or because they can't spin whatever is gonna come up with it
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Looks like speculation's back on the menu, boys!
Due to...
- more legal challenges incoming?
- worse performance for the past year?
- an attempt to halt the brain drain from Red Bull?
- Max wanted him out, and they're now complying what with Merc courting him so hard?
- Red Bull lost Max to Merc, and Red Bull high ups are unhappy with Horner over it?
- their engines for next season aren't looking good?
- a combination of factors above?
Tbh I don't think it'd be down to performance alone. Red Bull has had down periods multiple times in the past 20 years.
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Good timeline in case you need the background: https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/christian-horner-allegations-messages-red-bull-timeline-b2785446.html
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Perhaps the rumors of him leading the Ferrari team is true
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Looks like speculation's back on the menu, boys!
Due to...
- more legal challenges incoming?
- worse performance for the past year?
- an attempt to halt the brain drain from Red Bull?
- Max wanted him out, and they're now complying what with Merc courting him so hard?
- Red Bull lost Max to Merc, and Red Bull high ups are unhappy with Horner over it?
- their engines for next season aren't looking good?
- a combination of factors above?
Tbh I don't think it'd be down to performance alone. Red Bull has had down periods multiple times in the past 20 years.
When they've been down it was before Mateschitz passed. What he said was the law and he had the people he wanted in the positions he wanted. After that there were many factions fighting and trying to make the others look bad. Cue Horniers txt messages, Max's team threatening to leave, Marko looking like he'd be fired, and Newey leaving for money when he didn't get his way. The smart technical folks saw the infighting and jumped ship to teams where they could step up in their career
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I foresee Red Bull getting worse
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Perhaps the rumors of him leading the Ferrari team is true
Bwahaha, I'd hear the wailing in Italy from here in New Zealand
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Wow. I wondered if a team principal change was on the cards for the future but a mid season sacking wasn't on my radar. Makes me wonder- is he the first domino to fall in a Red Bull Racing makeover?
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If it has anything to do with sexual assault allegations it's because they're either worse than we thought and they're getting ahead of it, or because they can't spin whatever is gonna come up with it
Or they've already ignored it but the performance of RB has been awful
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Or they've already ignored it but the performance of RB has been awful
Maybe Max said "him or me"
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I foresee Red Bull getting worse
Watch him show up at Aston with his mate newey
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Watch him show up at Aston with his mate newey
I don't really see it. AM isn't in a good spot and it's very unlikely they'll suddenly become a top team next year. Newey can do his magic but it's not going to fix the rest of the team.
Max isn't going to waste his time in some midfield team, he's going to a top team or he's taking a sabbatical.
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Maybe Max said "him or me"
wrote last edited by [email protected]This was rumoured/hinted at in Austria if I'm not daydreaming? Was it van Haren that tweeted it?
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First guess is sexual assault allegations have been proofed?
No proof has been found that he was guilty, according to the court records. So unless new proof shows up from somewhere, this most likely isn't the case. It could be that RBR was keeping some proof away from the court case, which could be illegal, but that they now display it.
Personally, I am a bit careful with the accusations, since it wouldn't be the first time that somebody lied to get somebody else convicted for something. Women are always believed in cases like this, even when they lie about them abusing their male partner or whatever.
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Well damn, didn't think I'd see the day especially mid season. Guessing this will be initially bad for red bull, but longer term probably the right call.
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I don't really see it. AM isn't in a good spot and it's very unlikely they'll suddenly become a top team next year. Newey can do his magic but it's not going to fix the rest of the team.
Max isn't going to waste his time in some midfield team, he's going to a top team or he's taking a sabbatical.
Supposedly Ferrari kicked the tires on Horner earlier this year. Rumors say they might let Fred go.
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Looks like speculation's back on the menu, boys!
Due to...
- more legal challenges incoming?
- worse performance for the past year?
- an attempt to halt the brain drain from Red Bull?
- Max wanted him out, and they're now complying what with Merc courting him so hard?
- Red Bull lost Max to Merc, and Red Bull high ups are unhappy with Horner over it?
- their engines for next season aren't looking good?
- a combination of factors above?
Tbh I don't think it'd be down to performance alone. Red Bull has had down periods multiple times in the past 20 years.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Waiting for Red Bull to release a statement via an attachment named File-76.JPG.
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This is a surprising development. The usual path for being pushed out of RB is to be name the 2nd seat driver for the team before being sacked.
