Christian Horner has been sacked as Red Bull team principal after a difficult 18 months, which has seen Max Verstappen drop in the Drivers' Championship

Horner departs Red Bull not only as their only Team Principal in history, but a rather successful one at that. His run as the longest-tenured boss on the grid comes to a close with eight Drivers’ Championships and six Constructors’ Championships alongside his name.

The Formula 1 paddock was rocked Wednesday by the news that Christian Horner, the longtime CEO and team principal of Red Bull Racing, has been fired after a 20-year run that featured many race wins and championships with drivers like Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

Christian Horner's time at Red Bull is over, Mirror Sport takes a look at the former team principal's life, including his huge net worth, and potential future

Christian Horner begins life without the Red Bull F1 team for the first time since 2004; Karun Chandhok, Ted Kravitz and Martin Brundle discuss on The F1 Show podcast where Horner could be in the future;

Laurent Mekies has a long list of jobs waiting for him when he takes the reins at Red Bull after the departure of long-serving CEO Christian Horner

Crash.net considers what might be next for Christian Horner following his shock Red Bull sacking. As the dust begins to settle on the shock news of Christian Horner’s Red Bull exit, attention starts to turn to the future and what might come next.

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