Overview

• Horner’s Red Bull departure came with a severance reported at about £80 million that includes gardening leave allowing a comeback before next summer.
• McLaren CEO Zak Brown praised Horner’s record of titles and said the sport benefits from strong personalities, in comments to Bloomberg.
• Former Haas boss Guenther Steiner argued a switch to Aston Martin would likely fail due to tensions with Adrian Newey.
• BBC F1 analysis, reported by Crash, says Horner would seek equity and strong control similar to Toto Wolff’s model rather than a standard team principal role.
• Speculation links him with Alpine, Haas and Aston Martin, though reporting outlines significant barriers at several teams and no appointment has been announced.