A covert power play, a billion-dollar coup, and the possible collapse of a championship dynasty — Formula 1 has never faced a crisis of this magnitude.
In a jaw-dropping revelation, insiders confirm that Christian Horner and former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone have engineered a secret $1B takeover plan designed to seize control of Aston Martin and rip reigning world champion Max Verstappen out of Red Bull Racing — all in one synchronized move.
The timing?
72 hours before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The effect?
A complete upheaval of Formula 1’s political, financial, and competitive balance.
🔥 THE BILLION-DOLLAR COUP: HOW HORNER & ECCLESTONE PLOTTED THE TAKEOVER
This is no ordinary driver move.
This is nothing short of a hostile restructuring of the sport’s power map.
According to leaked documents and insider sources:
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Ecclestone is bankrolling the acquisition
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Horner is orchestrating the personnel transfer
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Verstappen is the crown jewel of the operation
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Aston Martin is set to become a new superteam, built overnight
Every piece of the plan was engineered with one target:
Dismantle Red Bull’s dominance from the inside.
One paddock insider described it as:
“The most aggressive political maneuver F1 has seen in the hybrid era.”
⚠️ RED BULL IN CRISIS — EXPLOSIVE INTERNAL WAR
The atmosphere inside Red Bull has deteriorated into chaos, with tensions reportedly erupting between Horner and senior figures across the organization:
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Strategic disagreements
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Power struggles
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Conflicts over Verstappen’s long-term future
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Internal factions forming around technical leadership
Horner’s secret negotiations while still leading Red Bull have been labeled as corporate betrayal, igniting what insiders are calling a “civil war” within the team.
This clandestine recruitment of key personnel for Aston Martin — aerodynamicists, strategists, data analysts — has left Red Bull’s senior management blindsided and furious.
The damage is already visible.
Trust has evaporated.
Morale has collapsed.
And paranoia has taken hold.
💥 FINANCIAL ARMAGEDDON LOOMS — RED BULL MAY LOSE $500 MILLION
Red Bull now faces a nightmare scenario:
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Losing Horner
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Losing Verstappen
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Losing half their engineering backbone
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Losing sponsor confidence
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Losing up to $500 million in contract penalties, sponsorship cuts, and restructuring costs
Executives have been forced into emergency meetings with top shareholders.
Legal teams are preparing for what may become the largest breach-of-contract battle in F1 history.
Sponsors, shaken by the scandal, are reportedly drafting exit clauses.
Some are considering shifting allegiance to Aston Martin — following Verstappen and Horner.
🌪 PADDOCK IN CHAOS — MERCEDES MAKES A SHOCK MOVE
In a stunning twist, Toto Wolff has already contacted Verstappen’s representatives, offering a direct path to Mercedes if the Aston Martin deal collapses.
This single move has turned the paddock upside down, adding yet another layer of complexity to an already volatile political landscape.
Suddenly:
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Mercedes wants Verstappen
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Aston Martin is ready to crown him
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Red Bull is fighting to keep him
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Ferrari is watching with strategic interest
The championship is irrelevant —
F1 is now a political battlefield.
🔥 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX: THE MOST VOLATILE FINALE IN HISTORY
With the finale just days away, the paddock atmosphere is electric, tense, and dangerously unstable.
Expected in the coming hours:
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Emergency Red Bull board meetings
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Lawyers arriving at the paddock
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FIA observers monitoring internal chaos
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Potential legal injunctions against Horner
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Teams preparing contingency driver plans
The title fight has been overshadowed by a far bigger question:
Will Red Bull even survive to see 2026?
⚡ THE END OF AN ERA?
If both Horner and Verstappen walk away, Red Bull Racing — once the gold standard of modern F1 dominance — may face:
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Management collapse
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Technical leadership voids
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Massive sponsor exodus
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Loss of competitive edge
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Reputational damage that could take years to repair
Some insiders believe this could mark the end of the Red Bull dynasty.
🔥 THE CLOCK IS TICKING — AND F1 IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER
With the Aston Martin takeover machinery in motion and Verstappen’s future hanging by a thread, the sport stands on the edge of its most dramatic realignment in decades.
Everything — every relationship, every contract, every alliance — is now fragile.
Formula 1 is no longer simply preparing for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
It is preparing for war.