Christian Horner has been backed to perform well as Ferrari team principal, if the famous team were to move on from Fred Vasseur. The 51-year-old was dropped last week as Red Bull team principal after 20 years in charge of their F1 operations, leaving him a surprise candidate for any other high level jobs which open up.

“I'm a friend of Christian Horner and sent him a message of support, and I think that he is a very good team principal. I think he's able to do the job, but Ferrari wants to have an image and not many distractions. This is my opinion.”

Christian Horner has already spoken on a potential move to Ferrari as the team principal is sacked after 20 years at Red Bull Racing.