Christian Horner reportedly tried to appoint Bradley Lord as AlphaTauri team principal in a stunning political move amid Red Bull unrest.
report that there is “a civil war” inside the F1 constructors’ champions ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.He wants to “get rid of” Helmut Marko and be in sole charge of Red Bull and its sister team AlphaTauri.
Marko was a key ally of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who died a year ago, and still retains the backing of new boss Oliver Mintzlaff.It is claimed that he sought support from Red Bull’s 51 percent shareholders from Thailand before attempting to recruit Bradley Lord - Mercedes’ chief of communications who acted as Toto Wolff’s stand-in at the past two grands prix - as new team principal of AlphaTauri.Horner lent support to Peter Bayer, new CEO of AlphaTauri.
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