Red Bull Would Be Mad to Sack Christian Horner Despite Poor 2015 F1 Season

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Published: June 26, 2015

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The fastest car. The finest driver. The best team principal. 

Despite the evolution of the sport over the generations—the ever-changing sporting and technical regulations—it is comforting that these three elements, the Holy Trinity, remain the key to victory in Formula One.

Just as a football club requires a dependable goalkeeper, a trustworthy defender, at least one solid midfielder and a reliable striker, an F1 team with serious aspirations of long-lasting success needs a spine, a stable platform on which to build.



Take a look through the history of F1, and you'll realise the most dominant spells have been a simple by-product of the car-driver-boss combination.

Ayrton Senna and Ron Dennis at McLaren-Honda. Nigel Mansell and Sir Frank Williams at the team that bears his name. Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt at Ferrari and, currently, Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff at Mercedes.

Throughout their four seasons at the summit of the sport, Red Bull Racing had as strong a spine as any team to ever grace F1.



A combined total of eight world championships and 47 grand prix victories for driver and team were the inevitable result of Sebastian Vettel's intimate relationship with his cars—each one an advancement on its predecessor—under the stewardship of Christian Horner.

Their nine-race winning run at the end of the 2013 season was the only way for their dominant spell to come to a close, yet the crumbling of Red Bull's "dream team" over the last 18 months has been saddening. 

And it has given greater meaning to Vettel's plea at the 2013 United States Grand Prix, as reported by Sky Sports' Pete Gill, to "remember these days" and "enjoy them while they last."



The first to go was the fastest car, swiftly followed by the man behind the car.

It took only six races of the V6 turbo ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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