Tuesday’s fast-paced F1 news includes Martin Brundle on the “key role” he believes Max Verstappen’s camp played in the sacking of Christian Horner as Red Bull team principal. Martin Brundle, the Sky F1 pundit, has claimed that Max Verstappen’s entourage “played a key role” in the sacking of Christian Horner as Red Bull team principal.

In fact, Ferrari have slipped even further back from McLaren since the end of the 2024 campaign when both teams were fighting for the constructors' championship at the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi. McLaren now currently lead the Maranello outfit by a mammoth 238 points .

It seems clear that age won’t be enough to keep Bernie Ecclestone away from Formula 1. At 94, the British icon still makes regular appearances in the paddock, and he doesn’t shy away from offering opinions on major topics,

Making his argument, Chandhok says it not only means Horner wouldn’t have to move his family to Italy, but he’s also good friends with Alpine executive director Flavio Briatore. “To me, I could see him landing at Alpine more than I could see him landing at Ferrari now,” said the former F1 driver.

Ferrari have seemingly made a decision on whether to pursue Christian Horner after he was sacked by Formula 1 rivals Red Bull. On Wednesday, the F1 world was stunned by the announcement that Horner had been ‘relieved of his operational duties’ by Red Bull,

Christian Horner has been sacked as Red Bull team principal after a difficult 18 months, which has seen Max Verstappen drop in the Drivers' Championship