Former Purple Bull Racing CEO and staff principal Christian Horner has held talks with MSP Sports activities Capital relating to an funding within the Alpine Components 1 staff, based on a report by Sky Information.
MSP Sports activities Capital bought its stake in McLaren Racing in September 2025 and is now reportedly eager to return to the championship.
Horner was changed in his function at Purple Bull in July 2025 by former Racing Bulls staff principal Laurent Mekies. Since his exit, Horner has been on the centre of assorted rumours linking him to a return to the sequence, the newest being an funding in Alpine.
“Properly, look, thus far I have been going to just about each staff on the grid,” Horner advised TODAY when requested concerning the latest rumours. “I’ve spoken little or no publicly since I left Purple Bull. It is flattering that there is usually this hypothesis that I will this staff or that staff, however that is rife in Components 1.
“I might solely come again for the best alternative, working with the best individuals which are like-minded and need to win. I’ve received little interest in simply collaborating.”
Christian Horner, Purple Bull Racing
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He added: “Look, I’ve finished my shift, I believe. If I had been to return again, it might be in a barely totally different function to the one which I carried out for the final 21 years or so. So we’ll see.
“The curiosity within the sport is sky-high. There’s some improbable people who need to put money into Components 1. However I am in no rush. If my profession stops on the finish of my time at Purple Bull, I’ve had an unbelievable run, and as I say, I might solely come again for one thing that was genuinely thrilling and one thing that would in the end win.”
Now, the report from Sky Information has introduced the rumours to the forefront once more. It states: “Sources mentioned that MSP was amongst a big group – together with excessive web value people, household places of work and institutional buyers – which had held talks with Mr Horner about backing his subsequent deal within the sport.”
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