Defined: Why Pink Bull boss Christian Horner faces threat of being sacked

Pink Bull boss Christian Horner could get sacked by this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. As per reviews, Pink Bull are not excited about persevering with with Horner as a result of ongoing struggles of their Method 1 workforce within the 2025 season.

Pink Bull have solely received one out of the 5 races up to now. Max Verstappen clinched the one win in Japan, however his workforce is already 141 factors behind leaders McLaren within the constructors’ standings.

Who will exchange Horner at Pink Bull?

In response to oe24, there’s panic at Pink Bull who need Horner out and him being changed by former Alpine boss Oliver Oakes and Franz Tost, who’s a former workforce principal of Scuderia AlphaTauri (now Racing Bulls).

Don’t neglect Oakes left Alpine after solely 9 months because the workforce mustered only one podium end underneath his watch, whereas former racing driver, Tost, left the Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2023 after disagreements with Horner over the Pink Bull growth programme.

Why Pink Bull wish to sack Horner?

Horner leaving Pink Bull can be an enormous shock because the 51-year-old former Method 2 driver has been with Pink Bull boss since 2005. He led the workforce to 6 constructors’ championships and eight drivers’ titles. Verstappen has received the final 4 drivers’ titles in Method 1 with Pink Bull.

Nevertheless, the British motor racing legend has confronted quite a lot of controversy lately. Final yr, he was accused of inappropriate behaviour by a feminine worker at Pink Bull, however inside investigations cleared him.

Horner has additionally been always at loggerheads with Pink Bull workforce advisor Helmut Marko.

No less than one British tabloid, Mail Sport, says that Horner is ready to proceed at Pink Bull. However ex-F1 race engineer Julien Simon-Chautemps, whereas chatting with The Mirror, stated he Horner dropping his job could not come as a shock.

“Nothing is unattainable,” including, “He’s the longest-standing workforce principal within the pit lane in the mean time. However final yr, it was very tough for him. He was in a really harmful state of affairs,” he stated.

Chautemps added: “It wouldn’t shock me if Horner left. Method 1 is a fast-moving surroundings, and lots can occur in a short time. We’ll have to attend and see.”