India, July 10 -- In the spring of 2005, a freckle-faced Christian Horner, only 31 years of age, had stepped onto the factory floor of a Formula 1 team based in Milton Keynes with an enormous responsibility on his inexperienced shoulders: to transform an unsuccessful Jaguar Racing into a headline-making Red Bull Racing.

Twenty years and some grey hair later, Horner stepped on to the same floor on Wednesday morning to deliver his farewell speech after the Salzburg-based Red Bull board decided to remove the longest serving F1 team principal.

In between, Horner transformed a team bought primarily to market an energy drink into one of F1s most successful with eight drivers' championships, six constructors' titles, 124 wins, 287 podiums and ...