霍纳曾希望阿隆索和勒克莱尔加入红牛
前红牛车队负责人克里斯蒂安·霍纳透露，他曾试图签下费尔南多·阿隆索和查尔斯·勒克莱尔，但均被阻止。
克里斯蒂安·霍纳曾希望费尔南多·阿隆索和查尔斯·勒克莱尔加入红牛。
前红牛车队负责人克里斯蒂安·霍纳透露，签下费尔南多·阿隆索和查尔斯·勒克莱尔的尝试均被阻止。
马克斯·维斯塔潘（红牛车队，第一名）、费尔南多·阿隆索（阿斯顿·马丁F1车队，第三名）、塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯（红牛车队，第二名）在领奖台上庆祝。
红牛2025年的席位本可能属于费尔南多·阿隆索或查尔斯·勒克莱尔，而据克里斯蒂安·霍纳称，他同样希望两人都加入。
霍纳即将出版的新书《Drive》讨论了这位前车队负责人试图寻找一位新车手来与马克斯·维斯塔潘搭档时，如何发现自己碰了壁。霍纳在2025年7月离开前执掌红牛二十年，他说那堵墙是赫尔穆特·马尔科，并且他不认为维斯塔潘与他发现这件事有多难有任何关系。
塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯在米尔顿凯恩斯车队任期的尾声表现挣扎。尽管佩雷斯帮助车队获得了车手锦标赛中的首次一二名，但他的表现在2024年迅速下滑。
“塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯的状态与他在前几个赛季的表现相比简直判若两人，”霍纳写道。“我决定寻找可能的替代人选。”
阿隆索询问了，而维斯塔潘阵营显然拒绝了
名单上的第一个名字被送到了他的办公桌上。阿隆索当时效力于阿斯顿·马丁，现在依然如此，根据霍纳的回忆录，他在2024年日本大奖赛期间向霍纳确认了自己的兴趣。
“在日本大奖赛期间，费尔南多甚至告诉我，他真的很想在下个赛季与马克斯并肩作战。随后，赫尔穆特（马尔科），显然是代表维斯塔潘的管理团队，明确表示他们对这个想法不满意。”
对于一个车队领队来说，以这种方式失去一名签约车手真是非同寻常。
霍纳随后转向勒克莱尔：“我认为他可能是我们的完美车手。”
"他速度很快，单圈能力很强，而且性格坚定。当然，他偶尔会犯错，红牛也借此占了便宜，但无论情况如何，他从未批评过法拉利。查尔斯是个团队型车手，我觉得如果塞尔吉奥掉得更靠后，他能填补空缺。而且，他似乎对法拉利感到沮丧。"
回应和之前一样。霍纳写道：“不久之后，赫尔穆特告诉我，我也应该忘掉查尔斯。就像费尔南多一样，这事不会发生。”
他接下来所说的是书中真正出彩的部分，因为它让维斯塔潘从这团乱麻中脱了身。
“我立刻就知道那道指令不是来自马克斯，”霍纳补充道，“但有人在某个地方认定，这对红牛来说不是正确的举动。我很失望。”他从未点名那个人。
两个大牌车手都已不在考虑范围内，这个席位最终留给了内部提拔的利亚姆·劳森。“但我对此并不放心。他年轻、缺乏经验，只参加过十一场一级方程式比赛，而我们对他的要求非常高。”劳森只坚持了几场比赛，红牛就把他送回了姊妹车队，而霍纳对此毫不后悔：“但实际上，他一开始就不应该被提拔。”
书中还有一个名字，那就是卡洛斯·塞恩斯。他在被解雇前不久拜访了霍纳的家。“他来讨论2026年可能转会红牛的事宜。
“他是一位经验丰富的大奖赛车手，一位团队型车手，我知道他会为车队拼尽全力。”
请记住，这是一个人的叙述。但据他自己所说，正式负责车队的人并不是决定谁驾驶赛车的人。我们确信，后续还会有更多内容。
英文原文
Christian Horner wanted Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc at Red Bull
Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed how attempts to sign Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc were shut down
Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1st position, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team, 3rd position, Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing, 2nd position, celebrate on the podium
Red Bull's 2025 seat could have gone to Fernando Alonso or Charles Leclerc, and, according to Christian Horner, he wanted both equally.
Horner's upcoming book Drive discusses how the former team chief found himself up against a wall when he tried to find a new driver to sit alongside Max Verstappen. Horner, who ran Red Bull for two decades before his exit in July 2025, says that wall was Helmut Marko, and that he doesn't believe Verstappen was anything to do with how hard he found it.
Sergio Perez struggled towards the end of his tenure at the Milton Keynes outfit. Despite Perez assisting the team in getting its first 1-2 in the drivers' championship, his performance quickly fell off in 2024.
"Sergio Perez's form was unrecognisable compared to the driver he had been in previous seasons," Horner wrote. "I decided to look for a possible replacement."
Alonso asked, and the Verstappen camp apparently said no
The first name on the list was delivered to his desk. Alonso, who was driving for Aston Martin at the time and still is, confirmed his interest to Horner during the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix, according to Horner's memoir.
"During the Japanese Grand Prix, Fernando even told me that he really wanted to drive alongside Max the following season. Subsequently, Helmut (Marko), apparently on behalf of Verstappen's management team, made it clear that they were not happy with that idea."
That's a remarkable way for a team principal to lose a signing.
Horner then turned to Leclerc: "I thought he could be the perfect driver for us."
"He was fast, strong over one lap, and had a determined character. Sure, he made a mistake now and then, which Red Bull had capitalised on, but whatever the situation, he never criticised Ferrari. Charles was a team player, and I felt he could fill the gap if Sergio dropped further back. Moreover, he seemed frustrated at Ferrari."
The response was the same as before. Horner writes: "Shortly afterwards, Helmut told me that I should just forget about Charles as well. Just like with Fernando, it wasn't going to happen."
What he says next is a real standout part of the book, because it clears Verstappen from this mess.
"I knew immediately that that order did not come from Max," Horner adds. "But someone had decided somewhere that it wasn't the right move for Red Bull. I was disappointed." He never names that someone.
With both big names off the table, the seat went in-house to Liam Lawson. "But I didn't feel comfortable with it. He was young and inexperienced, with only eleven Formula 1 races under his belt, and we were asking an enormous amount of him." Lawson lasted only a couple of races before Red Bull sent him back down to its sister team, and Horner didn't regret a thing: "But actually, he should never have been promoted in the first place."
There is one more name in the book, and that's Carlos Sainz. He visited Horner's home shortly before his dismissal. "He came to discuss a possible move to Red Bull in 2026.
"He was an experienced Grand Prix driver, a team player, and I knew he would work his socks off for the team."
Keep in mind this is one man's account. But by his own telling, the man officially in charge of the team wasn't the one deciding who drove its cars. There will be more to come, we're sure.
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