Max Verstappen it turned out that he continues to maintain contact with his ex Red Bull team leader Christian Horner and talks to him “every race weekend.”
Verstappen and Horner formed a strong partnership during the latter's time at Red Bull, resulting in four world championship wins for the Dutch driver.
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As Red Bull's results seemed to be slipping earlier this year, Horner was relieved of his duties How F1 CEO and Group Leader in July and agreed to payment in the region of £80 million. During his 20 years at the helm, he led the team to six constructors' titles and eight drivers' titles.
Since then Verstappen returned to title contention in 2025 having won four of the eight races held since the summer break and is now 24 points behind the leader. Lando Norris There are two races left.
“Yes, every race weekend,” Verstappen replied when asked if he was still in contact with Horner after the latter's departure from Red Bull.
Verstappen added: “He will report everything: how the race went and keep up to date with life. So we are still in very good contact, absolutely.”
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“It's important to recognize what Christian did for this team and the moments we experienced together: the first title in 2021, the roller coaster of that year and the emotions of the final race in Abu Dhabi. These are moments you will never forget.”
Max Verstappen has closed the gap on Lando Norris and could still win his fifth world title (David Davis/PA Wire)
Reflecting on Horner's departure, Verstappen continued: “The problem we had was that there was a lot going on. We got lost with the car and that didn't help in terms of keeping everything under control and quiet, and people were leaving too.
“But that, combined with the change of team manager, and the sudden understanding of the car, coincidentally it just brought peace because people were suddenly more confident again and it calmed things down.”
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Horner has was constantly associated with the return into the Formula 1 paddock and Verstappen agreed that it would not be surprising if he returned.
“I wouldn't be surprised if he came back, right? I don't talk to Christian about it because I don't want to get involved,” he said.
“And maybe it wasn't good for us within the team, but for the world of Formula 1, it's against [Mercedes team principal] Toto [Wolff] or anyone else, it was always nice to see. Everyone's too friendly now.”
