Horner to Ferrari !

If nothing else, Horner recently proved he isn't that great at high-stakes politics. even if he was in the past. He lost in spectacular fashion. But some how he's going to succeed at Ferrari because politics isn't an issue there?

 

F1 is going to move rapidly away from him and he knows it. Why would any rational board give him shares/ownership and expand their costs/dilute their shares??? lol. He was being paid 10mil per year at RedBull. Your only as good as your last race/job. He failed and destroyed a winning organization that lost its core technical, strategic and design leadership. Baggage.

All of his own doing. His board wasted no time in firing him and paying him off not to be around anymore. He had to pay an employee he was sexy texting £3 million to settle lol. Yep Ferrari or any other team need that around. Its way too soon.

There are press articles asking does F1 need Horner. No it doesnt. He was an employee. Something he forgot apparently.

 

Don’t want to be rude but this is not true.
Red Bull’s car is again based on what Newey did since 2022 and with the technical organisation decided by Horner for years.
Very similar with 2007-2008 last Ferrari titles based on Todt/Brawn organisation without them inside the team.

 

Unless Horner can commit to really taking Ferrari under his wings like Jean Todt did, nothing will work, unfortunately.

 

Assuming 2026 is (yet another) failure, Ferrari will be championshipless until at least the NEXT rule set.

They'll have lost Leclerc. Lewis will definitely not stick around either.

So assuming the above, 2027 Ferrari HAS to go on a hiring spree. Make a ludicrous offer to Max for 2029. Hire ALL the people he demands. Don't say no. Do as he says. Assuming new rules at latest 2029, they can start with a banger. Even a car a couple of tenths off the pace, Max will challenge, a driver that gives 100% all the time the team will rally behind.

 

I would go for Horny..thy guy knows how to run a team....Elton would run like a scared rabbit, so it's a win win situation...junt don't give him the phone number of any of the girls in the team....

 

The press are still milking this:

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1083974/1/christian-horner-again-linked-ferrari-f1-move-share-prices-plummet?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNaISxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBEcGgxN0ZmMUFNRlM1UFNDAR5_xqmoPYIUuHTdL7w8uJphpRfLveblOm4ELdnd1MrfH0Ugx2ox7Y4z9Ztd9g_aem_HuDoPFMrcq259RTQN0OkPA#Echobox=1760347923

 

Unfortunately it may be too late to change the 2026 car, it will be in the top 5 but not close enough, but i think you are vastly over estimating the MV effect. He would get swallowed up like every other driver / engineer attempting to change the team for the better. Many illustrious people have tried, failed and walked away. Those that did suceed (Schumacher years) were thrown out and LDM shoulders that blame for that party.

 

I think Horner is a requirement to retain one of the current drivers (and hasten the departure of another who in my view should not have been hired to begin with) and unfortunately it has become clear that Fred is unable to get the best out of the team.

Change is required.

 

If you look at this post Max/RBR have scored the most points since Belgium. Max is not mathematically eliminated from WDC yet.

 

Max does better with worse packages and is far more consistent. Leclerc remains complacent aside from his increasingly public moaning (which is entirely justified), BUT, he doesn't seem to make any effort to actually change anything. Even from things totally within his power. Lewis writes the occasional letter which is about as useful as pissing into the hoover dam in an effort to raise the water level.

Max IMO would bring people he trusts into the team and with significant steps made forward the rest of the team will be far more motivated and a direction will be followed.