From Red Bull’s humble beginnings to Formula 1 dominance, Christian Horner was at the heart of it all. Here’s a visual journey through his two-decade legacy.
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FILE - Team chief Christian Horner of Red Bull Racing looks at the track during the practice runs prior to the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack, in Mexico City, Oct. 28, 2023. (Andres Staph/Pool photo via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull owner Mark Dietrich Mateschitz, center, stands with team members Helmut Marko, center, and team principal Christian Horner in the paddock ahead of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner talks on the phone before the first free practice at the Red Bull Ring racetrack, ahead of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner during the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, March 2, 2024. (Ali Haider, Pool Photo via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner talks with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands during qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, right, chats with Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico, center, and Helmut Marko, director of the Red Bull Formula One teams, left, at the pits during Formula One pre season test at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
FILE -Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is flanked by his wife Geri Alliwell after the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace/Pool, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, right, talks to Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands before the qualifying session ahead of Sunday's Formula One Italian Grand Prix auto race, at the Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy, Sept. 2, 2023. (Christian Bruna/Pool via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, left, celebrates with Red Bull team chief Christian Horner, right, and his team in the pit lane after becoming F1 drivers world champion after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 12. 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
FILE - Red Bull team chief Christian Horner, center, celebrates with his driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 12, 2021. Max Verstappen ripped a record eighth title away from Lewis Hamilton, left, with a pass on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP to close one of the most thrilling Formula One seasons in years as the first Dutch world champion. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - Flanked by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, center and Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene, left, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner speaks at a news conference at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Red Bull team members dump buckets of ice water on Technical Chief Adrian Newey, left, and Team Chief Christian Horner at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium for the "ice bucket challenge", Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)
FILE - Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia, right, celebrates with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of Britain after he won the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of Britain celebrates after Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany became 2010 Formula One World champion and wins the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Red Bull Formula One drivers Sebastian Vettel of Germany, right, and Mark Webber of Australia, center, spray team Sporting Director Christian Horner after Vettel won the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix, and Webber finished second, at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, April 19, 2009.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
FILE - Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, left, of Germany talks with team principal Christian Horner on pit wall following the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner looks from the pitwall during qualifying session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 25, 2023. (Ali Haider/Pool via AP File)
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner smiles before the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, Pool)
FILE - Team chief Christian Horner of Red Bull Racing looks at the track during the practice runs prior to the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack, in Mexico City, Oct. 28, 2023. (Andres Staph/Pool photo via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull owner Mark Dietrich Mateschitz, center, stands with team members Helmut Marko, center, and team principal Christian Horner in the paddock ahead of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner talks on the phone before the first free practice at the Red Bull Ring racetrack, ahead of the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner during the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, March 2, 2024. (Ali Haider, Pool Photo via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner talks with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands during qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, right, chats with Red Bull driver Sergio Perez of Mexico, center, and Helmut Marko, director of the Red Bull Formula One teams, left, at the pits during Formula One pre season test at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
FILE -Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is flanked by his wife Geri Alliwell after the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace/Pool, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, right, talks to Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands before the qualifying session ahead of Sunday's Formula One Italian Grand Prix auto race, at the Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy, Sept. 2, 2023. (Christian Bruna/Pool via AP File)
FILE - Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, left, celebrates with Red Bull team chief Christian Horner, right, and his team in the pit lane after becoming F1 drivers world champion after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Dec. 12. 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
FILE - Red Bull team chief Christian Horner, center, celebrates with his driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 12, 2021. Max Verstappen ripped a record eighth title away from Lewis Hamilton, left, with a pass on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP to close one of the most thrilling Formula One seasons in years as the first Dutch world champion. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - Flanked by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, center and Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene, left, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner speaks at a news conference at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Red Bull team members dump buckets of ice water on Technical Chief Adrian Newey, left, and Team Chief Christian Horner at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium for the "ice bucket challenge", Aug. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)
FILE - Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia, right, celebrates with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of Britain after he won the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco, May 16, 2010. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of Britain celebrates after Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany became 2010 Formula One World champion and wins the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
FILE - Red Bull Formula One drivers Sebastian Vettel of Germany, right, and Mark Webber of Australia, center, spray team Sporting Director Christian Horner after Vettel won the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix, and Webber finished second, at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, April 19, 2009.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
FILE - Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, left, of Germany talks with team principal Christian Horner on pit wall following the first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on the Marina Bay City Circuit in Singapore, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner looks from the pitwall during qualifying session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov. 25, 2023. (Ali Haider/Pool via AP File)
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner smiles before the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, Pool)
