Christian Horner

Christian is Team Principle at Formula 1 racing team, Red Bull. A former driver, who set up his own team, Ardent International, before being recruited by the energy drink firm in 2005 to head up the recently purchased Jaguar team. Since then the team have won 5 constructor titles and 6 world championship titles with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

Christian Edward Johnston Horner OBE is the Team Principal of Oracle Red Bull Racing, a position he has held since 2005.His motorsport career started as a race car driver in 1991, before switching roles to Team Principle in 1997 setting up his own team, Arden International.

Over the next six seasons Horner built Arden into a racing powerhouse, with the young team owner guiding his squad to three Drivers' and Team Championships in succession. It was a remarkable record that brought him to the attention of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz, and when the drinks company took the radical step of setting up its own Formula One team for the 2005 season, it turned to Horner to run the operation.

Then the youngest team principal in the sport, Horner brought renowned designer Adrian Newey to the team at the end of Red Bull’s first season and after three further years of growth the emerging team signalled its arrival with a first grand prix win at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix.

From there the floodgates opened. Six wins and second place in the Constructors' Championship in 2009 became nine victories and Team and Drivers' title winners in 2010. Three consecutive title doubles from 2011-2013, followed over the next three campaigns, putting the team in an exclusive club of just three teams to take four or more constructors' titles consecutively.

Though the team continued to win races, the arrival of hybrid power in F1 in 2014 marked the end of Red Bull Racing’s first period of dominance. However, Horner once again led the team back to championship glory in 2021, with Max Verstappen winning his first Drivers’ crown and the team's ninth title. Max won again after a dominant campaign through the 2022 season, with the team looking stronger than ever in the new spec cars. Christian now stands as Formula 1's longest serving Team Principal.

Horner was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to motorsport.

Christian speaks on Leadership, Teamwork and Performance.