10/07/2025 10:10
Martin Brundle believes Red Bull started to "go wrong" after the
death of Dietrich Mateschitz, following Christian Horner's
dismissal. Horner was relieved of his operational duties as team
principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing on Wednesday, with the
decision coming from Red Bull GmbH, based in Austria. The key
decision-maker was Mark Mateschitz, the son of the late Red Bull
founder Dietrich, who owned 49% of shares in the company, with the
Thai Yoovidhya family owning the remaining 51%. Dietrich
Mateschitz was largely left to run the racing team, and devolved
this responsibility to Horner, who was appointed ahead of Red
Bull's first season in 2005. He passed away in October 2022, with
son Mark effectively replacing his father, and taking on a more
'hands-on' approach. It is this change that Brundle believes
wrecked the finely-tuned management system of Red Bull Racing.
"The team is not going to fall over immediately, because they've
got momentum, structures in place and people in place," Brundle
told Sky Sports News. "For me, this all goes back to Dietrich
Mateschitz dying, the 49% owner of Red Bull, who owned it with the
Yoovidhya family. "Back in the day, when he was in charge, nothing
happened without Dietrich Matechitz knowing about it or signing off
on it. "He was the absolute leader of that group, and since his
death, all sorts of other people and structures are coming in, and
you can see where it all started to go wrong, frankly."
