“Things change,” claims Coulthard as he reflects on Horner’s shock departure from Red Bull

Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard claims that it was inevitable that there will be a time when Christian Horner would step down from his position at the Milton Keynes-based outfit as nothing “lasts forever.”

Just two days after the British Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing announced that team principal Christian Horner would leave the team with immediate effect.

The Briton has been at the helm for almost the entire team’s history in F1 but his exit follows a couple of troublesome years of internal struggles since Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz passed away.

Horner has been in charge of Red Bull since the team entered the sport in 2025, serving as team principal for two decades. During that time, the 51-year-old Briton has led Red Bull to six constructors’ and eight drivers’ world championship titles.

Speaking to Sport De, former Red Bull driver David Coulthard claims that it was inevitable that there will be a time when Horner would step down from his position at the Milton Keynes-based outfit as nothing “lasts forever.”

“It’s not my decision, so it’s not for me to comment on it. But we know he’s no longer with the team, and all we can do is look at the results the team has achieved over the past twenty years with him as a team principal, and they were pretty good.”

“He has no reason to think he hasn’t achieved anything. Such is life: anyone who thinks everything lasts forever is living outside reality.”

The 13-time Grand Prix winner shared his perspective on the natural progression in sports, where drivers typically have a career span of about ten years before the next generation takes over.

“Things change, and that’s how it should be. That’s life. In sports, drivers have at most a career of ten years, then the next generation comes along. Honestly don’t see why should be any different for anyone involved in the sport.”

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