Horner famously never lied about anything...f1isgood wrote: ↑14 Dec 2025, 16:56Marko is a provable liar given he did make it about Perez's nationality in 2023. He is just trying to save his face after being fired. Also, Horner was in the seat till Yoovidhya had majority stake which changed in May 25 and in July 25 Horner was fired. You don't need to be a genius to put two and two together. In any case it's very good riddance. His second driver development has been an utter failure since 2019 which, IMO is the only thing he was anyways responsible for doing.
Look, I honestly don't find the personal angles that interesting, it misses the wider story. When DM died the team was left in limbo over who had control. Technically the Thais held the majority of voting rights but the F1 project had always been the responsibility of RB Austria and Mateschitz. Horner, presumably looking to expand his control over the team, aligned himself with the Thai side. Marko, having always been the representative of RB Austria, opposed this development and worked to retain Austrian control of the operation. For a while they kept it together as the team was winning everything, but then the scandal broke out around Horner and everything started to crumble. Horner wasn't ousted at the time because the Thais stuck by him, but a year later it seems like a truce broke out between the two ownership groups. They agreed to settle their score and restructure the ownership split, and now it seems like RB Austria is back in charge of the operation. Austria clearly wanted Horner gone so he was fired immediately. With Horner ousted and Austria back in charge Marko had done his job, so he's going too. The Verstappens seemingly sided with the Marko/Austria side from the start, but have now accepted that Marko isn't needed anymore. That to me is the biggest sign that things have calmed down now, Verstappen didn't say a word about Marko leaving which he opposed ferociously when Horner was still in the team.
