Max Verstappen’s Red Bull future is up in the air, amidst interest from Mercedes and Christian Horner’s sacking as the team principal

The dismissal of Christian Horner also came as a big shock to Red Bull Racing's Chief Engineer, Paul Monaghan. The Briton told GPblog among others how the team now hopes to respond. The Belgian Grand Prix is the first GP in Red Bull Racing history without Christian Horner as team principal of the Austrian racing stable.

Christian Horner may no longer be Yuki Tsunoda’s team principal, but he’s still one of his cheerleaders and sent the Red Bull driver a message of encouragement ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull dropped a bombshell on the Formula 1 paddock two weeks ago when the team announced that Horner has been released from his operational duties as Red Bull Racing team boss and CEO with immediate effect.

Max Verstappen spoke to the media on Thursday for the first time since Christian Horner was sacked by Red Bull; watch every session of the Belgian GP Sprint weekend, starting with Practice at 11.30am and Sprint Qualifying at 3.

LEWIS HAMILTON delivered a brutal, blunt response to Christian Horner’s sacking. The seven-time world champion shrugged off the news in today’s press conference ahead of the Belgium Grand Prix.

Christian Horner was sacked as the team principal of Red Bull earlier this month after more than two decades with the Formula One team

Lewis Hamilton had his first chance to respond to Christian Horner’s Red Bull sacking and the Ferrari star’s answer raised eyebrows. Lewis Hamilton has delivered a brutal, blunt response to Christian Horner’s sacking. The seven-time world champion shrugged off the news in his press conference ahead of the Belgium Grand Prix, The Sun reports.

Christian Horner, in his 20 years with Red Bull Racing, was the team principal of many drivers. One of them is Pierre Gasly, who drove for Red Bull over the first half of the 2019 season. The Frenchman reacted at Spa-Francorchamps to the dismissal of the British team principal.