Horner: I'm here to win, not to be popular
Christian Horner has come in for a bit of flak of late, but the Red Bull team boss doesn't care – he's more interested in winning. By Jonathan Noble
To manipulate a joke from the Monty Python classic The Life of Brian: apart from lifting the former Jaguar Racing team from the doldrums, luring Adrian Newey from McLaren, turning Sebastian Vettel into a superstar and leading his team to three consecutive world championship doubles, what has Christian Horner done for Red Bull?
In the wake of the 'Multi 21' team orders controversy in Malaysia this year, it wasn't just Sebastian Vettel who faced some pretty tough questions, for Horner found his own ruling of the team under question.
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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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