
Horner's departure shows age of the maverick F1 boss is over
Christian Horner has now left Red Bull, the last of a certain breed of F1 team principal
The world’s first Grand Prix winner, multiple world champions and one of the most important characters in US racing, this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database.
1937: ‘The Captain’ Roger Penske is born. In profile
1940: Peter Gethin is born. In profile
1944: Ferenc Szisz, winner of the first Grand Prix (above), dies aged 70. In profile
1949: Niki Lauda is born. In profile
1928: Hans Herrmann, Porsche’s Le Mans first winner, is born. In profile
1953: Satoru Nakajima, Japan’s first full-time Formula 1 driver, is born. In profile
2008: Le Mans-winning journalist Paul Frère dies. In profile
1955: ‘The Professor’ Alain Prost is born.
1955: ‘The king of the Mille Miglia’ Clemente Biondetti dies aged 56. In profile
1971: Pedro de la Rosa is born. In profile
1981: Le Mans winner and world champion Timo Bernhard. In profile
1932: The racing dentist, Tony Brooks, is born. In profile
1944: The charismatic François Cervert is born. In profile
1908: Grand Prix winner before and after the war, Jean-Pierre Wimille is born. In profile
1945: Legendary Aussie Peter Brock is born. In profile
1974: The best all-rounder of modern motor sport? Sébastien Loeb is born. In profile
Christian Horner has now left Red Bull, the last of a certain breed of F1 team principal
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