Christian Edward Johnston Horner Forefront at Red Bull
Christian Edward Johnston Horner Forefront at Red Bull
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New Delhi:- Christian Edward Johnston Horner Captain of the British Empire (born 16 November 1973) is a former British racing driver and current team principal of Formula 1 team Red Bull, a position he has held since 2005. , won 11 world titles (5 World Constructors' Championships, 1 World Constructors' Championship, six world titles, drivers championship).

His Motor-sport career began as a racing driver, and in 1999 he changed roles to join the international Formula 3000 team, Arden International, where he became head of motorsport. 

Horner was born into a family involved in the automotive industry. His grandfather worked as a purchasing manager at Coventry's Standard Motor Company before establishing a distributor to supply parts to Midland automakers with Horner's father. Horner was privately educated at Arnold Lodge School in Leamington Spa and later at Warwick School. He has two brothers, Jamie and Guy.  

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Having started his racing career in karting, Horner won a Formula Renault scholarship in 1991 and began his career in auto racing. He entered the 1992 British Formula Renault Championship with Manor Motorsport and finished the season as race winner and top rookie.

He then stepped up to British Formula 3 in 1993, finishing 2nd in the P1 Motorsport Class B Championship, taking 5 wins before joining the Fortec and ADR teams in 1994 and 1995 and TOM'S in 1996. transferred to the team. In 1996 he also raced in British F2. 

Horner moved up to Formula 3000 in 1997 and founded the Arden team. Horner said he started the team out of debt, including from his father, and persuaded P1 Motorsport founder Rory Vincini to take on the role of race engineer. As head of the Red Bull Junior Team, he bought a second-hand trailer for the team from Helmut Marko, who was one of Horner's main rivals as F3000 manager and would later work closely at Red Bull.

Also Read:- Max Verstappen Rules the Austrian Grand Prix over Lewis HamiltonHe remained in F3000 for 1998, joining Kurt Mollekens at Arden where he showed good pace and even led the championship at times. During pre-season testing at Estoril, Horner chased Juan Pablo Montoya through the circuit's first high-speed corners but found he "cannot replicate the level of dedication" shown by the Colombian driver. As a result, he decided to retire from driver racing after the season and concentrate on developing the Arden team. 

After retiring from racing at the age of 25, Horner signed Victor Mazurov and Marc Goossens for the 1999 FIA F3000 season. Maslow's father owned 50 percent of Arden's stock. Horner bought back his Arden stake in Prodrive after one season. Darren Manning was signed to replace Goossens for the 2000-2001 season and took one pole position and two podiums.

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Arden also entered the Italian F3000 in 2000, winning three races with Warren Hughes and finishing second in the championship. 

Red Bull has got a great Team Principle for the management of their Formula 1 who is great and the second most renowned team principle in the whole Formula 1.

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