Ex- Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been engaged in a determined push to make a return to F1, with the Aston Martin team principal, Andy Cowell, claiming that Horner was recently in contact with “nearly every team owner”.
Horner parted ways with Red Bull in July and his departure from the team allows him to rejoin in the first segment of next year. Aston Martin are seen as a possible option for Horner, who won 14 titles with Red Bull during his 20 years in charge, but Cowell, who is also CEO of the team, stated firmly they were not pursuing him.
“It looks as though Christian is ringing up pretty much every team owner at the moment,” he said at the Singapore GP. “I can emphatically confirm there are no arrangements for the participation of Christian in an management or investment role in the future.”
Horner is believed to be determined to come back to the sport. His time at Red Bull wrapped up after a year and a half of instability that had started when he was faced allegations of “improper conduct” by a woman coworker. Claims which he denied and for which he was cleared two times by an third-party review.
Prior to the race weekend in Singapore started, the Haas boss, Ayao Komatsu, additionally stated Horner reached out with his team. “It is true that he contacted us,” he remarked. “One of our guys had an exploratory talk and that’s it. Nothing progressed. It is over.”
In practice sessions at the Marina Bay track, Fernando Alonso topped the time sheets in the first session, but in the more representative evening second free practice, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was the pace-setter.
His championship competitor Lando Norris, though, struggled to minimal gain under the lights. He dropped back after taking front wing damage when Charles Leclerc was released into the McLaren in the pits, and could manage only fifth, almost a 0.5 seconds down on Piastri, making the UK racer annoyed at his performance. “The car is not half-a-second off, my driving is,” he informed race engineer Will Joseph.
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