Christian Horner’s Emotional Farewell Speech Revealed After Red Bull Sacking

Red Bull announced the sacking of Team Principal Christian Horner with immediate effect on Wednesday. The 51-year-old had led the Austrian team in Formula 1 for the past twenty years. As Horner was shown the door by Milton Keynes, the Briton gave one heartfelt speech to his crew.

Christian Horner was disappointed to be axed by Red Bull Racing. F1 Presenter David Croft revealed that the Briton was simply blank when he left the team base in Milton Keynes for the last time. Horner led Red Bull ever since the team joined the sport in 2005, with a grand total of 14 world titles under his belt. He never missed a single race during his time as team principal.

In an emotional farewell speech, Christian Horner informed the Red Bull personnel that his services were no longer needed at the team, with this meeting being his last activity. The 51-year-old revealed that he was told of his exit just a day prior. Horner pointed out that he will continue to be under the payroll of Red Bull, without any hand in F1 operations. Perhaps, he will get a new role within the Red Bull family. Though, there has been no information about such a possibility just yet.

Yesterday I was informed by Red Bull that, operationally, I will no longer be involved with the business or the team moving forward from after this gathering. I will still remain employed by the company, but operationally, the baton will be handed over.

Christian Horner said, as broadcasted by Sky Sports F1

The former Red Bull boss admitted that he could not fathom his exit from the team he built in the past two decades. While Christian Horner reflected the situation, he realized that he could not leave without expressing his gratitude to the amazing team members at Milton Keynes. Horner wanted to share the news of his departure directly to the staff without any external noise, be it from the media or other figures at Red Bull.

That obviously came as a shock to myself, but what I’ve had time to do is to reflect over the last 12 hours or so. And I wanted to stand in front of all of you to break this news and just express my gratitude to each and every single member of the team that has given so much during the last 20 and a half years that I’ve been here.

Christian Horner added