Christian Horner once more linked with Ferrari F1 transfer as share costs plummet

Christian Horner is as soon as once more being linked with a transfer to Ferrari.

Ferrari are reportedly contemplating an method for the previous Crimson Bull workforce principal, based on German publication F1-Insider.

That’s regardless of Ferrari handing present workforce principal Fred Vasseur a brand new contract extension in July.

It comes after Ferrari suffered their worst buying and selling day ever final Thursday, with the posh Italian carmaker’s shares falling by almost 15 %.

Ferrari are enduring a massively disappointing F1 season, having didn’t win a race and brought solely 5 podiums and a single pole place thus far this yr.

Regardless of the highly-anticipated arrival of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton alongside Charles Leclerc, Ferrari’s 2025 marketing campaign has been a failure.

F1-Insider’s Ralf Bach claims that Ferrari president John Elkann is now weighing up a swoop for Horner.

“Horner has 14 World Championship titles on his resume,” Bach wrote.

“Elkann is taken into account a really emotional man who isn’t fascinated about what he thought yesterday, however somewhat what he thinks at this time.

“They’ve prolonged Vasseur’s contract, and but his place is seemingly already wobbling once more. And that’s the place Horner is available in.”

Horner is free to return to a task inside F1 in 2026 after agreeing a severance package deal with Crimson Bull following his shock sacking after July’s British Grand Prix.

Elkann not too long ago admitted Ferrari’s F1 type should enhance at Ferrari’s Capital Markets Day.

“We have to enhance,” he was quoted as saying. “Our objective was to win races.

“We achieved that with the 499P [that won the Le Mans 24 Hours] in endurance racing, however in System 1 we have to enhance.

“We should win as a result of it’s our obligation to our loyal followers around the globe.”

Ferrari advised to make Horner their “prime goal”

Ferrari have been suggested to focus on Horner by former F1 driver Johnny Herbert.

The three-time grand prix winner believes Horner might save Ferrari from their F1 title drought, which stretches again to 2008 – after they final gained the constructors’ championship.

“Their prime goal needs to be Christian,” Herbert advised BettingLounge.

“The workforce has all of the elements they want. They only haven’t been capable of put them collectively. They’ve bought the drivers so there’s no argument on that entrance. They’ve in all probability overcome a whole lot of these errors, pit cease errors, technique errors that they used to make.

“However the pure uncooked tempo of the automotive isn’t there. So, you want somebody however hey nonetheless haven’t been capable of appeal to the people who they want to have the ability to produce the automotive that’s good on observe.

“Adrian left McLaren and went to Crimson Bull the place he was given the liberty by Christian. He created the surroundings by which Newey was capable of breathe and flourish.

“When you’ve bought Adrian respiration freely and simply, you get the most effective out of him.

“And that’s what Ferrari haven’t fairly been capable of obtain but. They haven’t bought that one one that is that chief. You want the administration to have the ability to appeal to that proper individual after which give them that freedom to do what they need.

“I do know Fred signed a brand new contract not too long ago, but when it actually begins poorly once more subsequent yr, and so they’re nonetheless in the identical place as they’ve been for the final couple of years, then one thing must be performed.”