Christian Horner ‘airbrushed from history’ at Red Bull

The 52-year-old lives on the Oxfordshire border near Banbury with Spice Girl singer Geri Halliwell, whom he married in 2015.

Mr Horner had been team principal at Red Bull since 2005, overseeing eight drivers’ world championships and six constructors’ titles.

But this all came to an end last year when his team let him go mid-season over performance relating to the team.

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Prior to that, the 52-year-old had also been locked at the centre of allegations of inappropriate behaviour, which he was later cleared of.

Now, The Telegraph reports that Mr Horner has been “arirburshed” from Red Bull’s history.

This comes after a tour of the racing team’s Powertrains facility, in which little to no mention is made of the man who helped lead the team for over two decades.

“Last week’s visit was this reporter’s first time back at the factory since Horner was given his marching orders last summer, and it was interesting to note some of the things which had changed,” read the report.

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“Some obvious (Mekies spoke to us in Horner’s old office for a start), others less so. I spotted just one picture of Horner, for instance, as part of a group photo with Kylie Minogue at the Melbourne race in 2023, on the wall of one of the rooms in Powertrains.

“Otherwise, the man who oversaw Red Bull’s rise felt conspicuous by his absence.”

The report added that a full tour of the factory was not given, so it was difficult to know to what extent Mr Horner had been actively airbrushed.

One source in the team suggested that other photos had also been removed from the main building.