Christian Horner and Jos Verstappen were involved in a lively argument a few days before the boss of Red Bull was dismissed.

On Wednesday, the surprising news of Horner’s dismissal by Red Bull broke out after 20 years in the team.

Horner led the team at six manufacturers’ championships and eight world pilot titles.

The Milton Keynes -based team acted quickly and appointed Laurent Mekies as a new CEO.

The Frenchman Mekies was promoted to his position as team director of the Red Bull sister team, Visa Cash App Racing Bulls.

A few days before the dismissal was made public, it was reported that Horner and Verstappen, the father of the star pilot Max, had a violent argument.

According to GP Blog, tensions between the two men have worsened and Ralf Schumacher is now also highlighted.

In the Podcast Boxengasse, he commented: “There was another swept exchange or discussion, at least visually and verbally, between Jos Verstappen, Christian Horner and the press attaché. You could say that Jos was not at all happy with the situation.

But I understand that too. For me, Christian Horner is also someone difficult. I must say it. He just failed to maintain the united team, which is not always easy, of course. But I also think that his current behavior … I can only talk about me, but he really has trouble managing criticism. »»
Schumacher also added that Horner had chosen not to speak to him.

He said: “We are, or I am, at the moment, on a so-called blacklist, so he no longer talks to us, nor to me. This is actually a joke, because a man who won so much should be able to talk to the camera. »»

But I think our viewers are interested in that. What exactly is going on? For what ? Unfortunately, it is clear that it is not terrible, in the strict sense of the term. We also see him in the team. They made a barbecue the day before, but of course, there were also success in qualifying, that kind of thing. But it has faded now.

According to an ESPN report, the atmosphere within the Red Bull team became tense.

It has been suggested that a series of meetings took place during the last two weekends, including at least one imply Max Verstappen and director Oliver Mintzlaff, who would have been pressure for a change of direction for some time.

Formula 1 will return at the end of July with the Belgian Grand Prix, which will take place on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.