Christian Horner is no longer a director of Red Bull Racing or Red Bull Technology Limited, according to documents filed with Companies House.

He is replaced by Stefan Salzer who joined the company in 2007, having been (very) temporary team boss in Milton Keynes in the initial weeks following the purchase of the Jaguar F1 team from Ford.

Salzer is now shown as serving on the boards of both companies, joining Helmut Marko as the only other director in Red Bull Racing.

The German's background is mainly in human resources, and other than time with BP he also worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a Managing Director and Partner. Until May 2024, he was managing director at Tennis-Point, a tennis specialty retailer in Germany, which he successfully guided through insolvency proceedings.

In his speech to the team following his shock sacking in the days after the British Grand Prix, Horner said that he would remain a Red Bull employee though this would not involve an operational role.

The Briton has been linked with a number of potential roles, and though the extension of Fred Vasseur's contract shuts down that particular avenue, speculation linking him with Alpine don't make sense, nor talk of Cadillac.

All that aside, his success with Red Bull, with whom he oversaw eight drivers' championships and six constructors' would surely make him a valuable addition somewhere along the pitlane.

And it would wipe the grins off the faces of the likes of Zak Brown, Marko, Jos Verstappen etc.

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1. Posted by Chester, 21/08/2025 10:56

"Why wouldn't Cadillac pick up Horner? I can see why Horner would be reluctant to go to Cadillac, but not the other way around."

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2. Posted by BillH, 18/08/2025 20:19

"The leadership of any underperforming team, may feel a bit nervous with Horner on the market.
Perhaps Horner could be a hired gun/consultant, or perhaps, he's just had enough of F1 for now and will turn his attention elsewhere?
Either way, at 50, he's got a lot to offer in whatever his future endeavours entail."

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3. Posted by Spindoctor, 18/08/2025 17:24

"@editor - sadly, I suspect those with the smug grins are happy with their (hopefully) pyric victory and have lost interest in running a race-winning F1 team, at least for now. I expect overwhelming mediocrity, at least until the end of the 2025 season."

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4. Posted by Simon in Adelaide, 18/08/2025 7:15

""The German's background is mainly in human resources"

What on earth could go wrong ?!?!?!"

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5. Posted by Anthony, 17/08/2025 10:12

"Even his harshest critics should acknowledge what an amazing job Christian did at Red Bull - leading a complex business like that through huge growth and to amazing success. Hopefully he will be back in the pit lane in the future. "

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6. Posted by kenji, 17/08/2025 2:34

"Likewise Ed. CH was an 'ornery critter' at times but he had a high level of expertise that hopefully will not be lost to F1.
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