Red Bull Formula 1 chief engineer Paul Monaghan has admitted Christian Horner’s sacking was a “shock”, and acknowledged boosting the squad's fortunes would be tough for new CEO Laurent Mekies.

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.

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.

Tsunoda has struggled to score points since joining Red Bull at round three of the F1 2025 championship, the Japanese Grand Prix, bringing in just seven in his 10 starts. That’s well down on the 129 his team-mate Max Verstappen scored in the same period.

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.