Ralf Schumacher explains why Red Bull lost its dominance

Christian Horner has been unexpectedly removed from his presumption aft 20 years astatine the helm of Red Bull. The alteration marks the extremity of an epoch successful Formula 1 and confirms the claims often made by erstwhile operator Ralf Schumacher.

Why was the alteration made?

The experienced driver, who became known for his investigation aft his retirement, believes that the crushed wherefore Red Bull is nary longer a ascendant squad is precisely mediocre absorption successful caller times. “Christian Horner had an incredibly palmy play astatine Red Bull – 20 years and galore titles won,” helium told Sky Deutschland. However, successful caller years things person changed and superior problems person arisen.

One of the biggest problems has been Horner’s idiosyncratic life, which has negatively affected the ambiance wrong the team. In addition, cardinal radical specified arsenic Adrian Newey, Rob Marshall and Jonathan Wheatley person near the team, and the 48-year-old has failed to bring successful caller members who could capable the gaps and instrumentality the squad to success.

What made the concern adjacent much hard is the information that Red Bull is presently successful 4th spot successful the constructors' standings, with a ample constituent spread down the starring teams. The operator who dominated for years, Max Verstappen, is present down the person successful the standings, and the chances of a 5th consecutive rubric are diminishing.

Laurent Mekies, who antecedently managed sister squad Racing Bulls, has taken implicit arsenic CEO of RB Racing.

New opening oregon extremity of dominance?

Schumacher believes that Austrian team went successful the incorrect absorption nether Horner's leadership. "Simply - deficiency of success. He reorganized everything, appointed idiosyncratic caller arsenic fig one, accepted the departure of Adrian Newey due to the fact that helium thought that everything would enactment amended successful that caller line-up, but helium failed. In the end, Red Bull is going backwards," helium pointed out.

He besides said that owed to the idiosyncratic problems of the 48-year-old, caller prime radical did not privation to articulation the team, which made the concern adjacent much difficult.

“That’s wherefore it was time. Everyone who is successful the paddock and knows the concern good knows however helium is viewed there. In the end, it truly came to the constituent that helium could nary longer pull prime people. They simply did not privation to travel due to the fact that of his idiosyncratic problems. I deliberation that is wherefore Red Bull yet made a move,” concluded the erstwhile driver.

This alteration opens a caller signifier for Red Bull, a squad that has agelong dominated Formula 1, and it remains to beryllium seen whether the caller absorption volition beryllium capable to instrumentality them to the top.