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Christian Horner says daughter helped him cope with Red Bull dismissal
Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says his daughter’s courage helped him cope with losing his job.
Horner said he watched 11-year-old Olivia receive an award at school on the day he was dismissed in July 2025.
Olivia had lost her mother the week before; Beverley Allen, Horner’s former partner, died aged 58 after a battle with eye cancer.
Horner said seeing Olivia stand on stage made his own problems feel smaller.
Red Bull dismissed Horner after two decades in a role in which he oversaw 14 world championship titles.
He said he had expected a meeting about marketing, but was told the team wanted to go in a different direction.
Horner also credited his wife, Geri, with supporting him, and said he tells Olivia every day that he is proud of her.
Christian Horner says his daughter Olivia helped him cope with being dismissed as Red Bull team principal and chief executive.
He said he watched Olivia, then 11, attend a school awards ceremony a week after her mother died.
Horner said Olivia’s bravery made his own difficulties seem less significant.
He was dismissed in July 2025 after nearly two decades at Red Bull.
- Who
- Christian Horner, former Red Bull team principal and chief executive, spoke about how his daughter Olivia helped him cope.
- What
- Horner said Olivia’s bravery after her mother’s death helped him deal with his dismissal from Red Bull.
- When
- He was dismissed in July 2025. The school awards ceremony took place on the same day he learned of the dismissal.
- Where
- At Olivia’s school, at an end-of-year awards ceremony.
- Why
- Horner said seeing Olivia perform after losing her mother gave him perspective and strength.
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Olivia’s mother, Beverley Allen, died following a battle with eye cancer.
Red Bull dismissed Horner as its team principal and chief executive.
He attended Olivia’s end-of-year awards ceremony with his wife, Geri.
- Daughter
- Olivia was 11 at the time of the awards ceremony.
- Former partner
- Beverley Allen died aged 58.
- Dismissal
- Horner left Red Bull in July 2025.
- Red Bull career
- Horner had held the job for nearly two decades.
- Red Bull titles
- He had overseen 14 world championship titles.
What people are saying
if she's got the bravery to do that, then what I'm dealing with is nothing.
That - on a day that my world had fallen apart - gave me the light to go, if she can stand up there and do that, then there's nothing that you can't do.
I'll make sure she listens to this. I tell her every day. I think that's important.