former Red Bull technical chief has come to the defence of Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing’s embattled team principal, amidst mounting pressure on the Brit.
Despite a turbulent season and growing speculation surrounding Horner’s future, ex-F1 team boss Guenther Steiner insists that Red Bull should stand by their long-serving leader, insisting that the Briton who has led the team to three consecutive drivers’ championships ‘didn’t become dumb overnight’.
Speaking to GPBlog, the former Haas F1 team principal argued that Horner deserves more time to turn things around, pointing out that sudden changes in leadership can sometimes do more harm than good.
“As soon as things don’t go well, people start pointing fingers. I think Christian should be given the chance,” Steiner, who worked at Red Bull between 2005 and 2008 as technical operations director, stated.”It’s not my team, so the shareholders will know what they’re doing, but I don’t think he should be written off so easily.”
This year has been anything but smooth for Horner, whose tenure has been clouded by controversy. Red Bull faced off-track issues, including an internal power struggle with top advisor Helmut Marko, and earlier in the season, allegations of inappropriate behaviour against Horner which he was cleared of by an internal investigation.
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