Overview

• Red Bull Racing dismissed Christian Horner effective July 9 and named Racing Bulls leader Laurent Mekies as the new team principal.
• Horner departs after a 20-year tenure that delivered eight drivers’ championships, six constructors’ titles and 124 race victories.
• The squad sits fourth in the constructors’ standings with only two wins in the first twelve races of the season.
• Key figures including chief engineer Adrian Newey and sporting director Jonathan Wheatley left the team in the past eighteen months.
• Alan Permane will take over leadership of Racing Bulls as part of the rapid restructuring at Red Bull’s core operations.