After weeks of speculation over the future of Max Verstappen at Red Bull, it is Christian Horner who is departing the team. It was announced on Wednesday that Horner is leaving with immediate effect,

Christian Horner entered Formula 1 as its youngest team principal and developed Red Bull from a “party team” to a serial title winner.

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“[Horner] looks at Toto Wolff and sees a man [who] has risen in the same period to own a third of a Formula 1 team. Christian I’m sure will have half an envious eye on that and think ‘that’s exactly where I should be because I am of that stature ...