Is this true? 'Red Bull did not want a Brit leading the team!'

As the days go by, more behind-the-scenes details are emerging about the bombshell news surrounding Christian Horner’s dismissal. On July 9, the leadership at the Milton Keynes team informed him that he would no longer serve as CEO and Team Principal, effective immediately. Since then, many prominent figures in the paddock have spoken out, but no voices from within the team had come forward—at least, until now.

The Sun spoke to a family friend of Horner, and heard: ''It was a targeted attack for control of the race team because Red Bull’s Austrian HQ didn’t like a British man running their race team.''

Now that the dismissal is official, the friend said was Horner is very upset. "Christian told me how hurt and betrayed he felt after all that he and Geri and their family have been through over the past 18 months,'' the source said.

The source revealed that Horner was kept in the dark about the situation until the very last moment: “Christian was called to a London meeting and had no idea what it was about.''