Christian Horner’s time at Purple Bull has come to an finish, with the squad saying on Wednesday that he’s being changed as CEO and Staff Principal by Racing Bulls boss Laurent Mekies. Because the mud settles on the information, F1.com presents the standout numbers from his lengthy reign…
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Purple Bull Racing arrived on the F1 grid again in 2005, with former racing driver and Components 3000 staff boss Christian Horner chosen to steer their operation. He has remained on the helm ever since, serving because the outfit’s one and solely chief till Mekies’ promotion.
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Purple Bull had been regular factors scorers and occasional podium finishers throughout their first 4 seasons, however below Horner’s management – and aided by main signings corresponding to technical guru Adrian Newey – they grew to become race winners and title challengers. Two championship-winning spells have to date earned half a dozen Groups’ Championships.
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Alongside that Groups’ success, Purple Bull have chalked up eight Drivers’ titles – break up equally between German racer Sebastian Vettel (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and Dutchman Max Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
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Since coming into the game, 14 drivers have raced for Purple Bull’s senior staff. All of it started with David Coulthard, Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi in 2005, whereas the aforementioned Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda presently signify them.
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Time flies in F1, with Purple Bull celebrating their twentieth anniversary 12 months via the 2024 season and now contesting their twenty first marketing campaign.
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Throughout these 20-and-a-half seasons, Purple Bull drivers have recorded 31 one-two finishes – the overwhelming majority from Vettel and Mark Webber, and Verstappen and Sergio Perez, with one achieved by Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.
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Purple Bull hit one other milestone at this 12 months’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix when Verstappen posted the one hundredth quickest lap within the staff’s historical past.
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It’s a barely increased quantity with regards to pole positions, with Vettel, Webber, Ricciardo, Verstappen and Perez all contributing to their tally of 107 – Vettel and Verstappen having scored 44 apiece.
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With regards to race wins, Purple Bull are as much as fourth in F1’s all-time listing with 124 – behind solely Mercedes (130), McLaren (198) and Ferrari (248). This features a file 21 out of twenty-two victories in 2023.
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Purple Bull’s podium numbers are equally spectacular, with the staff reaching the podium 287 instances (greater than 70% of the races they’ve contested).
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Along with Verstappen’s quickest lap and victory in Emilia-Romagna this 12 months, Purple Bull celebrated their four-hundredth Grand Prix on the Imola venue – that complete now standing at 405.
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Throughout these 405 occasions, together with final weekend’s British Grand Prix, Purple Bull have led a staggering 7,235 laps, in addition to reaching the entrance in 196 races.
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As per their victory statistics, Purple Bull are in direction of the sharp-end for factors scored – their tally of greater than 8,000 placing them second to Ferrari (10,546).
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From the beginning of their debut 2005 season to the halfway level of the 2025 marketing campaign, Purple Bull have accomplished nearly 45,000 laps at a bunch of tracks all over the world.
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It’s one other monumental quantity by way of kilometres raced, particularly 218,805, which converts to some 18 laps across the Earth’s circumference.
