Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle saddened by 'out of the blue' sacking of Christian Horner
12:43, 09 Jul
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Martin Brundle has admitted that he has been left 'quite sad' after Christian Horner's Red Bull Racing dismissal.
News broke on Wednesday morning that Christian Horner was let go by Red Bull Racing after 20 years at the helm of the team.
Red Bull announced that Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies would take his place as team principal.
Racing Bulls sporting director Alan Permane has jumped into the role of team principal at the sister team.
Former F1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Martin Brundle has since reacted to the news, admitting that he is quite shocked.
Brundle reacts to Horner's 'out of the blue' sacking
"It's completely out of the blue, given things that are going on and the problems in the team, words you're getting, and out of Team Verstappen and others," Brundle stated to Sky Sports F1.
"I'm quite sad about it, if I'm honest. I consider Christian a friend, and he's done an incredible job there for 20 years, won an awful lot of races and world championships for drivers and for the team."
Martin Brundle admitted that he was surprised by the news
Horner won a combined 14 drivers and constructors' world titles with the team. Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel both won four world titles each.
"He took it from what was the Stewart team through Jaguar, and it's struggles to a massive campus in Milton Keynes and an awful lot of success and a huge trophy cabinet."
Despite the success, Brundle also knows that things haven't been 'rosy' in the Red Bull camp.
"But it hasn't been difficult to feel in the Formula One paddock and to observe and hear things that things were not particularly rosy."
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