F1: Christian Horner and his millionaire departure from Red Bull

The immediate dismissal that decided the company’s executive dome has one more step: to terminate the English contract that was valid for five more years.

Christian Horner is outside Red Bull. The Corporate Projects Division of the company of Energy Drinks, commanded by Oliver Mintzlaff, made the decision this week to dismiss English from his position as general director of Red Bull Racing. The expilot and helmsman of the team since its birth, 20 years agoalready said goodbye to the employees of the Milton Keynes plant, but there is a no less detail: it has a current contract for five more years. The next step will be the termination of the bond and there a millionaire figure enters.

Between salary and bonus for the consecration of Max Verstappen, Horner pocketed $ 12 million in 2024. According to The Telegraaf medium, the now ex -president of the Team, the breakdown of the link would allow the English to take a base of 68 million dollars, which could amount to almost 80 when the pencil with other income is refined.

Horner was one of the three highest income employees that each F1 team has within its structure and whose salaries do not enter the cost limit imposed for the World Cup (the pilots are also out). The Expileot had total control of everything that happened inside Red Bull Racing since the team was founded, but its power began to erode after the death of the tycoon Dietrich Mateschitz and the change in the forms of handling of the executive dome.

Beyond the interesting figure that will enter Horner’s bank account, many speculate on their future. While it is obliged to pass a mandatory recess before entering another team, Some put the British as a candidate in Ferrari. Three years ago, John Elkann, head of the Italian brand, wanted to seduce Horner to occupy the position of director of the Scuderiabut English swore fidelity to Red Bull. Finally, the Cavalino team signed with Frédéric Vasseur for three seasons, a contract that expires at the end of this year and whose renewal is under the magnifying glass due to the lack of results.

Alpine also sounds like an alternative for Horner’s good relationship with BriTore. Of course, we will have to wait for the next 15 to assume a new World CEO of Renault, which is decided by the future of the team (the sale is a latent possibility) and of the Brosta same, who today occupies the position of Luca de Meo executive advisor, the outgoing pope of the rhombus brand.

For now, Horner will spend time at home, resting and leaving the Margarita with the proposals that will arrive. In the Roman style, the empire that had built in Red Bull, which seemed indestructible, finally fell.