霍纳称红牛高层祝贺自研引擎首胜
克里斯蒂安·霍纳表示，红牛自研引擎取得F1首胜后，他收到了红牛多数股东和公司CEO奥利弗·明茨拉夫的祝贺。红牛动力总成部门最初为接手本田引擎而设立，最终在2026规则周期成为独立制造商。
克里斯蒂安·霍纳表示，红牛自研引擎为F1车队取得首胜后，他收到了红牛多数股东和公司CEO奥利弗·明茨拉夫的祝贺。
红牛动力总成部门是为应对本田2021年底退出F1的决定而设立，最初负责接手那些本田引擎，最终在2026规则周期成为独立制造商。
其首款动力单元从一开始就具备竞争力——以至于在新版2026额外研发与升级机会机制下，红牛被判为拥有围场最佳动力单元，这一判定存在一定争议；该机制只计算内燃机的性能。
该动力单元在第16场大奖赛成为分站冠军得主：马克斯·维斯塔潘在马来西亚举行的巴林大奖赛夺冠，一周后又在加坡赢得冲刺赛和正赛，复制了这一结果。
霍纳曾是红牛车队的创始车队领队，直到去年夏天被解职，他在红牛动力总成项目获得批准的过程中发挥了重要作用，并告诉The Race的Edd Straw和Jon Noble，他的贡献已得到Mintzlaff等人的认可，而他在任期间与Mintzlaff关系并不融洽。
在The Race F1播客中被问及如果他仍是车队领队，是否会对他今年观察到的情况做出不同处理时，霍纳表示：“这没法说，不是吗？”
“我认为这支车队是我组建和打造的车队，股东们，甚至在新加坡和马来西亚的最后一场胜利之后，他们两人都分别感谢了我，并提到了这一事实。而Oliver Mintzlaff在新加坡站比赛后非常客气地打电话给我，感谢我所组建的团队以及他们后来取得的成就。
“所以我认为随着时间推移，你也会获得更全面的视角。红牛现在显然处于不同的境地，就其运作方式而言，这是自然的，当像主席这样的人物——那是Dietrich Mateschitz，那就是红牛——不再存在时。
“但据我所知，这项业务正在飞速发展；他们的增长表现令人难以置信。所以我能做的真的就是祝他们未来一切顺利。”
霍纳在红牛动力总成成立时表示，已故的红牛联合创始人迪特里希·马特希茨已经表明他“不怕冒险”，并补充说，尽管红牛在底盘方面“从未想过我们能够取得多年来所实现的成就”，“现在的挑战是尝试在动力单元领域复制这一点”。
他告诉The Race，成立红牛动力总成是一个“荒谬的想法”，该公司与福特合作开展2026年发动机项目，并补充说马特希茨和红牛联合所有者Chalerm Yoovidhya值得称赞，因为红牛内部有人问“我们到底为什么要做这件事？”
“但这向我证明了一点，再次通过运用那种理念——把一群优秀的人聚集在一起，赋予他们权力，给他们明确的方向，创造正确的文化，给他们工具……我们在55周内把一家气泡膜工厂改造成了一座发动机工厂，”霍纳说道，他正在其回忆录《Drive》发布前对媒体发言。
“那台引擎在它的首个赛季就被评为一级方程式赛车中最具性能的引擎，并在第16次尝试时获胜，可以说，我认为这是我效力红牛期间最大的成就之一。
“而且，这再次向我展示了人、文化以及每个人都专注于同一目标的力量。”
霍纳曾同时担任红牛车队的领队和首席执行官，但在马特希茨于2022年10月去世后，一场内部权力斗争实际上在霍纳与明茨拉夫（正式职务为企业项目首席执行官）以及红牛前赛车运动顾问赫尔穆特·马尔科之间展开。
在2024年经历了一场个人丑闻后——当时红牛在对一名员工不当行为的独立调查证明霍纳无过错后选择继续留任他——霍纳在2025年7月英国大奖赛后遭解除职务。
当被问及在人们认为红牛正变成“霍纳的车队”的背景下，他是否在塑造车队的方式上用力过猛时，他说：“是的，这就是我被告知的。这是赫尔穆特最后告诉我的。”
“回头看，总有一些你会做得不同的事情，或者……就像你审视的每一场比赛，你会有不同的表现。有没有我本可以做得不同的事情？有。我是否忠于我的信念、忠于我自己？我认为我是的。”
“我被要求放弃部分职责，我觉得那会损害车队领导层的角色。所以我说我不准备那样做。”
“也许这促成了最终的决定。但对我来说，那不会是正确的做法。但这就是生活，不是吗？”
“我和两位股东（Yoovidhya 和 Mark Mateschitz）的关系还不错，我很感激他们的评论和留言。我离开后见过他们两位。现在这多少已经是过去的事了。和 Oliver 也一样，我现在能做的就是祝他们未来一切顺利。”
“这是我人生中的一个篇章，我为自己所做的事感到自豪，为自己取得的成就感到自豪，回首在那里的时光，90% 都让我充满美好的回忆。”
克里斯蒂安·霍纳的《DRIVE》一书将于 10 月 22 日由 Bantam 出版：https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1911754785
克里斯蒂安将在英国各地巡回分享书中的故事（诺丁汉 10 月 19 日周一、巴斯 10 月 20 日、伦敦 10 月 26 日）。订票请访问：https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/christian-horner-tickets/artist/5672765
英文原文
Christian Horner says he was congratulated by Red Bull majority shareholders and the company's CEO Oliver Mintzlaff in the wake of its Formula 1 team's first wins with its in-house engine.
The Red Bull Powertrains division that was established in response to Honda's decision to withdraw from F1 at the end of 2021, at first to take over those Honda engines, ultimately ended up becoming a manufacturer in its own right for the 2026 rules cycle.
Its first power unit has been competitive from the off - to the extent that Red Bull has been judged somewhat controversially to have the best in the field under the new-for-2026 Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities mechanism, a system that only accounts for the performance of the internal combustion engine.
It became a race winner in its 16th grand prix as Max Verstappen won the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, a result he repeated by then winning the sprint race and main event in Singapore a week later.
Horner, Red Bull's founding team principal until his dismissal in summer last year, played an important role in the Red Bull Powertrains project receiving the green light and told The Race's Edd Straw and Jon Noble his contribution had been recognised by the likes of Mintzlaff, with whom he had a difficult relationship while in post.
Asked on The Race F1 Podcast whether he would have done anything differently to what he had observed this year were he still team principal, Horner said: "That's impossible to say, isn't it?
"I think the team is the team that I've put together and built and the shareholders, even after the last victory in Singapore and Malaysia, both of them have independently thanked me and made reference to that fact. And Oliver Mintzlaff very graciously called me after the race in Singapore to thank me for what I've put together and what they've gone on to achieve.
"So I think with time you get perspective as well. Red Bull's just in a different place now, obviously, in terms of how it's operating, which is natural when a presence like the chairman, that was Dietrich Mateschitz, that was Red Bull, is no longer there.
"But the business is, from what I understand, flying; they're doing incredibly, growth-wise. So all I can do is really wish them the best of luck for the future."
Horner said at the time of Red Bull Powertrains' establishment that the late Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz had shown he was "not afraid of risk" and added that while Red Bull "never thought we could have done what we've managed to achieve over the years" with its chassis, "the challenge now is to try and replicate that within the power unit".
He told The Race that it was a "harebrained idea" to set up Red Bull Powertrains, which partnered with Ford for the 2026 engine project, adding that Mateschitz and Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya deserved credit because there were people within Red Bull asking "Why the hell are we doing this?".
"But it demonstrated to me that, again, by applying that philosophy of getting a great group of people together, empowering them, giving them clear direction and creating the right culture, giving them the tools...we converted a bubble wrap factory into an engine facility in 55 weeks," said Horner, who is speaking to media ahead of the launch of his memoir, Drive.
"For that engine to go out and be judged to be the most performant engine in Formula 1 in its debut year and win on its 16th attempt, arguably, I see that as one of my biggest achievements during my time at Red Bull.
"And again, it demonstrates to me the power of people, culture, and just everybody being focused on the same objective."
Horner held the dual role of team principal and CEO of Red Bull Racing but following the death of Mateschitz in October 2022 an internal power struggle emerged effectively between Horner and Mintzlaff - officially the CEO of corporate projects - plus Helmut Marko, Red Bull's former motorsport advisor.
Having survived a personal scandal in 2024, when Red Bull chose to stick with him after an independent investigation of misconduct against a member of staff cleared him of wrongdoing, Horner was relieved of his duties after the British Grand Prix in July 2025.
Asked whether he had overplayed his hand in the way he had shaped the team, in the context of perceptions that Red Bull was becoming 'Team Horner', he said: "Yeah, and that's what I was told. That's what Helmut told me, at the end.
"You look back, there's always things that you would have done differently or...it's like every race you looked at, you would have performed differently. Is there things that I could have done differently? Yes. Was I true to my beliefs and true to myself? I think I was.
"I was asked to give up parts of the role and I felt it would compromise the role of the leadership of the team. And so I said I wasn't prepared to do that.
"And maybe that contributed to the final decision. But for me, it wouldn't have been the right thing to do. But that's life, isn't it?
"I have a decent relationship with both shareholders [Yoovidhya and Mark Mateschitz], I was grateful for their comments and their messages. I've seen both of them since I left. It's kind of water under the bridge now. And with Oliver as well, it's all I can do is wish them the best for the future now.
"It's a chapter of my life that I'm proud of what I did and proud of what I achieved and will look back with great fondness of 90% of my time there."
DRIVE by Christian Horner will be published on 22nd October by Bantam: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1911754785
Christian will be sharing stories from the book on tour across the UK (Nottingham Mon 19th, Bath 20th, London 26th October). To book tickets visit: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/christian-horner-tickets/artist/5672765
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