Report: Christian Horner sources genuinely believe £807m-valued F1 team could be his next destination

Christian Horner has officially left Red Bull Racing after a severance package was agreed upon with his former team.

Red Bull and Christian Horner worked together for more than two decades, enjoying an incredible amount of success.

However, 14 championships later, that partnership came to an end earlier this year after the British Grand Prix.

A combination of underwhelming results throughout the 2025 F1 campaign and internal disputes between the various owners of the team led to Horner’s departure.

Horner lost the backing of Red Bull’s Thai owners, who had been supporting him when the Austrian side of the business wanted to start looking elsewhere, and the decision to promote Laurent Mekies appears to already be paying off.

Speaking of paying off, Horner has now agreed on a severance package with Red Bull and will be free to start working in Formula 1 again next season.

Horner gave up millions to shorten his gardening leave and has his eye on a couple of existing outfits in the paddock that could offer him a return to the paddock next year.

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A report from the Daily Mail has shared more details about Horner’s future.

The report confirms that Horner is keen to return to Formula 1 as soon as he can, and he now has the funds to at least partly invest in a team going forward.

Horner wants a similar role to Toto Wolff at Mercedes, where he’s in direct control of a team, but also has an ownership stake.

It’s believed that the £807m-valued Haas team are a ‘possible destination’ for Horner, according to ‘decent sources’ with information about the 51-year-old’s thinking going forward.

Haas currently have the smallest workforce in the paddock, aside from the rapidly growing Cadillac team, who are preparing for their Formula 1 debut next year.

Current team principal Ayao Komatsu has done a fine job this year, and Haas currently sit ninth in the constructors’ championship above Alpine.

Haas also recently partnered with Toyota, which would give Horner plenty of resources if he did take over to try and build the American outfit into a more competitive team.

Alongside Haas, it’s been suggested that Alpine are ‘another possibility’ for the former Red Bull boss, particularly because Horner and Flavio Briatore have such a good relationship.

It’s been suggested that Alpine could be partially up for sale, which would suit Horner’s interests, although parent company Renault have always denied this.

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Would Haas be a good fit for Christian Horner to return to Formula 1?

Horner has built a reputation for turning a middling outfit in the paddock into world beaters during his time with Red Bull.

When they took over from Jaguar ahead of the 2005 season, the Ford-backed outfit only finished on the podium twice in five years, thanks to Eddie Irvine.

Within five years of being in charge of Red Bull, they were finishing second in the constructors’ championship, and Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were both race winners.

Horner has been linked with a move to Haas before, but whether they have the resources available to become the next Red Bull is another matter.

Although his Red Bull severance package was lucrative, it doesn’t come close to the amount of money needed to turn an F1 team into champions.

Whether he can seek that investment in the coming months while he prepares to make his Formula 1 comeback is yet to be seen.