Christian Horner ‘could be SACKED by Red Bull’ with surprise F1 replacement already lined up.

The Red Bull chief is facing massive pressure after the disappointing start to the 2025 season.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner could be sacked a replaced by a shock name according to a new report.

Since his appointment as the Team Principal of Red Bull Racing in 2005, Horner has led the Formula One team to over 120 Grand Prix wins, eight Drivers’ Championships and six Constructors’ Championships.

However, things aren’t going quite so well for the Brit this season, as Red Bull are currently sat third in the Constructors’ standings having won just one race this season so far, thanks to star driver Max Verstappen.

According to a new report, this dip in form hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Red bull hierarchy, who are said to be considering sacking Horner in the near future to replace him with a name that nobody would expect.

With the Red Bull car clearly inferior to McLaren’s this season and Liam Lawson being kicked out of the team and replaced by Yuki Tsunoda after his lacklustre start, the 2025 season has not gone well for the Red Bull chief so far.

But things could be about to change for Horner and Red Bull, as it is believed that the F1 team will be bringing new upgrade plans to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

But, according to Italian outlet AutoSprint, Horner could lose the support of the Thai shareholding of Red Bull if these upgrade plans fail to noticeably transform the team’s competitiveness for the remainder of the season.

Thai businessman Chalerm Yoovidhya and his family own 51% of Red Bull GmbH, while the remaining 49% is held by Mark Mateschitz. This means that if Horner were to lose their backing, his position could be at serious risk.

The report also claims that if Red Bull were to part ways with Horner, they would consider appointing former Alpine team principal Oli Oakes as his successor, seeing similarities between Oakes’s career trajectory and Horner’s early days.

In a major shake-up earlier this week, Alpine revealed that Oakes had stepped down, and the driver lineup changed, with Franco Colapinto promoted to replace Jack Doohan.

However, PlanetF1 has countered these rumors, reporting that their sources have dismissed concerns about Horner’s future, viewing the team’s current downturn as a temporary setback that doesn’t worry shareholders.