Overview

• Alpine executive adviser Flavio Briatore said Christian Horner is not in the team’s plans “for the moment” and “is not in Formula 1 in this moment anymore,” speaking on Friday at Zandvoort.
• Cadillac/TWG Motorsport CEO Dan Towriss publicly shut down speculation of a role for Horner, stating full backing for team principal Graeme Lowdon and “no plans” to engage the ex-Red Bull boss.
• Toto Wolff joked that a mooted Horner–Bernie Ecclestone–Briatore buy-in at Alpine would be a “mafia reunion,” yet Briatore rejected any current prospect of such a move.
• Horner, sacked by Red Bull in July after roughly two decades in charge, has been linked by paddock reports to meetings with Briatore, but there is no firm bid or appointment.
• Red Bull’s post-Horner structure appears to be bedding in, with Laurent Mekies serving as team principal and CEO after his elevation from Racing Bulls.