Christian Horner was given an astonishing £67m payout after being sacked by Red Bull last summer, official documents confirmed.
The release of Red Bull Technology Limited’s 2025 financial report reveals that Horner, who was dismissed after 20 years at the helm, was given the figure as “compensation for loss of office.”
In addition, the remuneration was listed as £9.029m with “company contributions to money purchase pension schemes” at £10,000. In total, this amounts to upwards of £76m ($101m).
Horner is married to Geri Halliwell (Getty)
Horner, who was the team’s CEO as well as team principal, had a deal running until 2030 at Red Bull with a severance package agreed last September, two months after he was sacked following the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
His exit concluded a tumultuous 18 months when he was accused of “inappropriate behaviour” by a female colleague. Horner denied the claims and the complaint was dismissed twice: once initially and once on appeal after two separate investigations.
The 52-year-old, married to Spice Girl pop star Geri Halliwell, has been out of the paddock for 15 months now but has been linked with a number of teams.
Horner most recently declared it “the dream” to join Ferrari and made it known it was the only F1 team he would consider joining without a stake in the team. In response, the Scuderia threw their support behind team principal Fred Vasseur in a public statement last week.
Horner has also been closely linked with a move to Alpine, currently led by close friend Flavio Briatore. Aston Martin, where ex-Red Bull designer Adrian Newey now resides, is also seen as another potential option, as well as potentially new 12th team on the grid.
The British executive won 14 world championships (eight drivers’, six constructors’) during his two decades in charge at Red Bull and launched Red Bull’s internal powertrains division which, alongside Ford, claimed its first victory as an engine supplier with Max Verstappen‘s win in Malaysia last Sunday.