Overview
- Horner is shown telling wife Geri Halliwell he felt a ‘real sense of loss and hurt’ and that he did not get a proper goodbye, with Halliwell visibly tearful.
- In the footage, Horner says the decision was made by Oliver Mintzlaff with Helmut Marko advising, adding he was deemed to hold too much control after Dietrich Mateschitz’s death.
- He rejects suggestions that Max Verstappen or his father Jos were behind the move and acknowledges Red Bull’s performance had dipped.
- Horner asserts that dropping Liam Lawson after two races was not his choice and says pressure to select from the junior program influenced that call.
- He left in July 2025 with a reported £75–80 million package, is free to return to the F1 paddock from April, and has been linked to roles elsewhere, including Alpine, while saying he would only come back for a winning project.