F1 shake-up to bite hard

Back in January, before a wheel had turned on Formula One’s latest grand design, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner made an eye-opening claim that up to half the grid would retire in the first grand prix of the season in Australia.

When Horner aired that remark it would be fair to suggest he did not have his own cars in mind amongst the list of potential retirees, either that or he knew exactly what was lurking over the horizon.