The Latest Breaking News from Laurent Mekies

Christian Horner is out as Red Bull boss after a 'sexting scandal' and two investigations. The leak of alleged texts, despite his denials, led to his departure, marking the end of his 20-year reign.

Christian Horner’s tenure as the longest-serving F1 team principal came to an abrupt and unexpected end on Wednesday.

In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip.

In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip.

Horner was in charge of some legendary championship runs by Red Bull.

Christian Horner, married to Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, was embroiled in a scandal that saw his alleged WhatsApp chats with a female employee leaked last year.

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Born on 28 April 1977 in Tours, France, Laurent Mekies has become only the second team boss in the history of the Red Bull Formula 1 team. The Milton Keynes-based outfit, which entered Formula 1 in 2005, was shaped and led to success by Christian Horner for two decades, until his abrupt…

Horner, who oversaw a period of tremendous success at the F1 team, has been relieved of his duties