Christian Horner’s exit after 20 years marks the end of an era at Red Bull, but the problems go deeper. What does this decision solve, and what are the team’s most pressing challenges now and for the long term?

Red Bull has pledged not give up on the Formula 1 title fight until it’s mathematically impossible for Max Verstappen to win, even after Christian Horner was fired as team principal

Sacked Red Bull boss Christian Horner has been labelled an ‘idiot 50-year-old who thought he was 20’ by former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The F1 world was rocked on Wednesday when it was announced that Horner had been ‘relieved of his operational duties’, although he still remains employed by Red Bull.