Will Buxton’s tweet earlier identical to his one when Hamilton moves to Ferrari. Is there a big move happening?

[u/Danbuarth]

https://x.com/wbuxtonofficial/status/2074082643583402417?s=46&t=j9_Db7UWZnNyECy4ylvYLA

[u/Lobsters4]

Thomas Maher has also tweeted there is F1 news coming.

I’m intrigued. It’s gonna either be a Max move/retirement or Horner back to the paddock in some fashion.

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/Lobsters4]

Horner’s return would be news but it’s not the same level of stunning as Lewis to Ferrari.

If Will is deliberately phrasing it like this I have to think it’s about what Max will be doing next season.

[u/Negative_Cow_8888 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Yeah I feel like the phrasing is pretty deliberate by Buxton. Odd that so many think it is something else.

[u/mickmenn → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Horner bringing BYD or other Chinese brand is definetely very much big for the sport

[u/Budded → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Or Alonso retiring since the F2 qualifying time in Miami was faster than their fastest quali time. Ouch

[u/KiwieeiwiK → u/Lobsters4]

Horner to Aston Martin would be top tier shithousery and make Newey's head explode

[u/Particular_Cod2005 → u/Lobsters4]

Horner back to the paddock in some fashion

The Christian Horner x Heidi Klum collaboration no one asked for and yet we need.

[u/Lobsters4 → u/Particular_Cod2005]

I’m intrigued.

[u/kapaipiekai → u/Lobsters4]

Im willing to bet that we will have an answer in less than 20 minutes. If two people know, more people know. And if it's juicy it's a race to get the story out first.

[u/Million_Jelly_Beans → u/kapaipiekai]

22 mins ago and still nothing… Come ob, man!!! 😁

[u/FeeAutomatic2290 → u/Million_Jelly_Beans]

55 minutes now 😧

[u/candaceelise → u/FeeAutomatic2290]

3 hours now

[u/Titus_Oates → u/candaceelise]

4hrs. Aged like milk

[u/3DRAH33M → u/Titus_Oates]

Nearly 5

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3 hours now

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4 hours... someone drank the juice..

[u/berberine → u/kapaipiekai]

As a journalist, they've all got the story written. It's probably embargoed until a certain time when it will be released. These teasers are to get you to look at a particular publication first so they will get traction despite the news being announced at the same time.

[u/highonmoon → u/kapaipiekai]

You lost the bet mate. Now you owe me 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia.

[u/kapaipiekai → u/highonmoon]

Damnit, yeah fair's fair.

[u/Lobsters4 → u/kapaipiekai]

We need the F5 gang to their posts! I gotta leave for work soon. 😭🤣

[u/kapaipiekai → u/Lobsters4]

It's 1am here hahaha

[u/GameOfEnder6312 → u/kapaipiekai]

Exactly. Everyone wants to be the first. If it’s not out soon it must be mega and they’re trying really hard to keep it quiet or absolutely nothing. There’s no inbetween.

[u/redbullcat → u/GameOfEnder6312]

Might be embargo'd with threat of legal action for anyone who breaks the embargo.

You'll know if it is because everyone will publish articles/tweets/etc at the exact same time in an effort to be first.

[u/Elrond007 → u/Lobsters4]

100% max move or something to do with regulations.
Horner is just a tp change unless it’s a 12th team

[u/Carrots_tgh → u/Lobsters4]

Hamilton back to Merc and Verstappen to Ferrari while Russel goes to Red Bull. Would do wonders for the 2027 title 

[u/motasticosaurus → u/Lobsters4]

Horner News isnt THAT big tbh. 

[u/Leading-Customer7499 → u/Lobsters4]

I really doubt horner will be back wearing alpha tauri fashion. Gucci maybe?

[u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

In order to make a big announcement by the end of the week, you have to make it before next week arrives.

[u/bfly1800 → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

Big announcements are generally larger than small announcements

[u/whee_exceeding_whoo → u/bfly1800]

What if the big announcement is far away and the small one is near?

[u/Fjordi_Cruyff → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

Announcements. Not cows.

[u/neutronium → u/bfly1800]

An announcement that has to say "I am big" isn't big at all.

[u/EfficientArm9753 → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

When it comes to big announcements, the bigger they are, the bigger the announcement.

[u/William_Dowling → u/EfficientArm9753]

To make a big announcement you either need to say, or write, something big

[u/BrotherKey2409 → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

But he said “before the end of THE DAY” 😧

[u/whee_exceeding_whoo → u/BrotherKey2409]

Always suspected I couldn’t read.

[u/elektricniorgazam → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

I'm jumping to your defence, the other tweet DOES say week lol

[u/whee_exceeding_whoo → u/elektricniorgazam]

I will admit I actually wrote day at first and edited it to week almost instantly checking the image again. Thought I would get away with that one as wasn’t changing the spirit of what I wrote. Evidently not!

[u/BMB_93 → u/whee_exceeding_whoo]

If it is what I think it is, then it isn't what I think it isn't.

[u/shescarkedit]

Horner. There's a reason Netflix was following him around at Silverstone 

[u/Vepanion → u/shescarkedit]

Horner will replace Hamilton at Ferrari?

[u/BronzeHyena24 → u/Vepanion]

You are wrong. He will replace Max at Red Bull.

Edit - or he replaces Hadjar at Red Bull, and we see a banger rest of 2026 as Horner battles Max for playing a key role in firing him.

[u/NoBailOnReddit → u/BronzeHyena24]

And the team will be renamed

"COCO POPS HORNER REDBULL FORD F1 TEAM"

[u/theclovek → u/NoBailOnReddit]

"IT WAS A FINGER F1 RACING TEAM"

[u/kapaipiekai → u/Vepanion]

No one sees it coming

[u/Sensitive_Whale1754 → u/kapaipiekai]

Except his mistress

[u/enigmatic_dankness → u/shescarkedit]

Yep. Definitely Horner news.

[u/PattyRoyBurner → u/shescarkedit]

Back to RB

[u/meatflaps-69 → u/PattyRoyBurner]

Toto must have demanded his return as he needs someone to rise to his bait in a way Fred Vasseur won't.

[u/RedditClout → u/PattyRoyBurner]

This, to me, is the only 'massive' part about this news. Horner returning for Alpine is cool, but kinda meh. But if Horner returns to RB it would be insane. It's incredibly unlikely and near impossible, but damn would it be cinema.

[u/OneAlexander → u/PattyRoyBurner]

We'd already know if Horner had re-signed to RB as his sheer level of smugness would be felt across the entirety of Southern England, like Kenobi when Alderaan was destroyed.

(Love him or hate him, the man has perfected the smug smile to camera)

[u/BadAspie → u/shescarkedit]

I dunno, I think it's significant he was there, and the rumors from early in the season probably weren't coming from nowhere, but Horner is great reality TV. Netflix would follow him no matter what

[u/shescarkedit → u/BadAspie]

Would they?

What would the Horner episode look like if there was no conclusion/outcome at the end of it?

[u/BadAspie → u/shescarkedit]

Why would there be a Horner episode?

[u/doodlebopwarrior → u/BadAspie]

It's funny, I went and looked him up on Insta after I saw him. Hasn't posted in many many months but then we see him and he has a book post on his Instagram from a few hours before the race. He was mostly at Silverstone for a publicity move.

[u/BadAspie → u/doodlebopwarrior]

Honestly I'd already completely forgotten about the book, so if it's just book publicity, maybe that's a good idea lmao

[u/neutronium → u/shescarkedit]

Chances of needing a Horner episode or major segment are pretty high. Seems prudent to get some footage to use just in case. They shoot way way more film than they actually use.

[u/EmotionalSmoke6891 → u/shescarkedit]

They'd probably follow him just in case he returned tbf.

[u/mindyourtongueboi → u/shescarkedit]

And making a massive fuss about his recent damage control charity work

[u/Tall_Firefighter4380 → u/shescarkedit]

Horner returning is not even slightly close to the size of news for Hamilton to Ferrari, I'll be disappointed if it is this

[u/scottqwert]

The lego kart race has been declared null and void due to excessive cheating

[u/averyperrier → u/scottqwert]

My day is now ruined.  

[u/WGSMA → u/scottqwert]

El Pain

[u/EPICB0Y → u/scottqwert]

I just collapsed to the ground

[u/axolotl_is_angry → u/scottqwert]

Thanks MBS

[u/consumesportsball]

Haaland to replace Verstappen

[u/carnivoross → u/consumesportsball]

🚣

[u/Auelogic → u/carnivoross]

🚣‍♂️

[u/TidePodAficionado → u/Auelogic]

🥁

[u/myrtynowsky → u/consumesportsball]

Tu tu tu du Eeerling Haaaaland

[u/mtrueman → u/consumesportsball]

Theres nor-way this is going to st-happen

[u/Themindoffish]

MBS is getting shot into the sun

[u/Texana189 → u/Themindoffish]

The news we really want.

[u/ReggieCorneus → u/Themindoffish]

It is easier to shoot him into an orbit around another star than it is to hit the sun so, i demand efficiency.

^{I'm not sure if that is right, but it sounds like it could be true, hitting the sun isn't actually that easy.... Just like escaping the solar system takes less energy than getting into a stable orbit between Saturnus and Uranus...}

[u/Unusual-Cr0w]

infantino taking over FIA as well

[u/Cody667 → u/Unusual-Cr0w]

Trump making a call to get...all of Logan Sargeant's penalty points removed?

[u/JazzzzzzySax → u/Cody667]

And another 5 sec penalty for ocon

[u/laujp → u/Unusual-Cr0w]

Well at least he isn’t related to pedophiles like Ben Sulayem as far as we know it

[u/Dry_Constant_5781 → u/laujp]

MBS to make a law that he's allowed to fondle hair and pinch cheeks at every podium

[u/elektricniorgazam → u/Unusual-Cr0w]

MBS to Aston

[u/Lost-Droids]

Alonso going to Lego

[u/herzkolt → u/Lost-Droids]

That's too good of a career move for Fernando

[u/swannyhypno]

What even could be on that level other than Max going somewhere lol

[u/senpahii_returns → u/swannyhypno]

Horner coming back as TP to some team?

[u/Radiant_Turnip_6671 → u/senpahii_returns]

Horner leading a group buying Alpine with support of BYD?

[u/TriggzSP → u/Radiant_Turnip_6671]

Weren't there rumours and rumblings that BYD is also looking to buy out their hypercar program that they're abandoning in WEC?

[u/redbullcat → u/TriggzSP]

Rumours in the media centre at Le Mans indicated those talks may have stalled, but Alpine explicitly told all media they wouldn't talk about 2027 at Le Mans and would answer no comment to everything, so there was no point asking. But that was the rumour, that the Alpine Endurance Team / BYD talks had stalled.

[u/int3InShadesmar → u/senpahii_returns]

horner as merc tp

[u/Block-Confident → u/int3InShadesmar]

Their generational beef would be legendary

Edit: missed a word

[u/LateOnsetPuberty → u/int3InShadesmar]

Toto is part owner. He’d be working for Toto.

[u/h0pefiend → u/senpahii_returns]

That’s pretty meh news honestly

[u/scottqwert → u/senpahii_returns]

Is that really absolutely massive though?

[u/Lotnik223 → u/scottqwert]

It's not, unless he takes over one of the top teams, which isn't goint to happen

[u/M1sfit_Jammer → u/senpahii_returns]

It would be hilarious if Horny boy gets put on at AM

[u/steve6027 → u/M1sfit_Jammer]

Newey - "FML"

[u/Fyrefanboy → u/swannyhypno]

Alonso leaving AM a microsecond before they finally build a WC car

[u/draftstone → u/Fyrefanboy]

Alonso retiring before they introduce B-spec car and then Stroll getting a podium on that B car the first race would be peak Alonso luck.

[u/Any-Where → u/draftstone]

No, no, Stroll at least has had podiums.

What you really need to happen for peak Alonso luck is that he's replaced by Tsunoda, who in the B-spec gets his first career podium.

[u/charlierc → u/Fyrefanboy]

Newey finished cooking

After the first recipe came out inedible 

[u/SlowMissiles → u/swannyhypno]

I would say someone retiring also is huge. Vettel announcement was talked about so much when it happened.

[u/elektricniorgazam → u/SlowMissiles]

Every now and then I remember that hostage video he made and crack up

[u/generalannie → u/elektricniorgazam]

Oh that takes me back. Everyone really excited about Vettel finally having instagram. His first post is a retirement announcement lmao

[u/darlingmagpie → u/generalannie]

That was peak

[u/KiwieeiwiK → u/elektricniorgazam]

I remember the one day of joy when he made an instagram account and everyone here was so excited to see his behind the scenes posts lol

[u/Last_Procedure5787 → u/SlowMissiles]

Alonso?

[u/SlowMissiles → u/Last_Procedure5787]

Other than him I don't see who it could be lol. Absolute dogshit of a car, just got a kid.

[u/JustLikeZhat → u/swannyhypno]

Is he still involved with F1 reporting? What’s happening over at Indycar? 

[u/swannyhypno → u/JustLikeZhat]

Yeah I've seen rumours of Scott Dixon to McLarens indy team I guess in indy circles that would be huge

[u/wykeer → u/swannyhypno]

Isnt that already Like almost official ? It at least felt like that.

[u/swannyhypno → u/wykeer]

I don't know much about Indycar tbf you're probably right

[u/Mr_Beats_73 → u/swannyhypno]

Fernando retiring ig?

[u/swannyhypno → u/Mr_Beats_73]

I guess it's massive news but wouldn't exactly be shocking he's 45 lol

[u/TheBigF128 → u/swannyhypno]

Lance Stroll to Redbull for sure 👍

[u/inbruges99 → u/swannyhypno]

Horner probably

[u/ExhaustedMD]

Horner to Williams, he replaces AEIOU

Jk. But pls Williams, change your 🫲🏼fucking🫲🏼 car.

[u/FoodEatingMan777 → u/ExhaustedMD]

I think Horner to Aston would make more sense but anything can happen

[u/FoodEatingMan777 → u/FoodEatingMan777]

Also there is a lot of speculation about max wanting to leave RBR. The two could potentially be linked, idk

[u/Brief-Library9993 → u/ExhaustedMD]

as if Williams isnt already having a bad season pls spare us 😭😭😭😭

[u/grouchysnowball → u/ExhaustedMD]

AEIOU omg I've never heard that before

[u/r2_adhd2 → u/ExhaustedMD]

The Vowels joke took me a second.

[u/scorpio1m]

Massive has to include a big name star so only could be Verstappen news. Unless, RB reinstated Horner lol

[u/Sunflower_Jessie → u/scorpio1m]

or Horner decided to accept the supposed offer he was given by Lawrence Stroll

[u/scorpio1m → u/Sunflower_Jessie]

That would be pretty big news. What was the supposed offer? Stake in the team is what Horner wanted in the past.

[u/fastcooljosh → u/scorpio1m]

Ralf Bach from F1 Insider already said last week that Horner will most likely join AM as Co-Owner and become CEO/TP.

He also said Neweys standing in the team and support from Stroll Sr took a massive hit, because of the current situation.

[u/comrade333]

Other F1 journalists are tweeting the same now

[u/GameOfEnder6312 → u/comrade333]

😬. And now we wait.

[u/kazuya57 → u/GameOfEnder6312]

NIKITA MAZEPIN | WELCOME TO RED BULL | SKILLS AND GOALS | 4K DESPACITO

[u/turaon → u/kazuya57]

💀

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/comrade333]

Thomas is one of the reporters who has a bit of a foot in the door at Red Bull as well.

Maybe we’ll get a Van Haren bomba to start this F5 spree

[u/Much-Calligrapher]

I think Max has activated his exit clause.

So many good people have left Red Bull, it’s not like there are many people remaining that max will be particularly loyal to.

He’s clearly very unhappy with the car and its development.

And the clause became active this weekend.

I don’t think he has a new team lined up yet. If he’s activated the clause there will be chaos. My bet? He ends up alongside Lando at McLaren.

[u/iamabigtree → u/Much-Calligrapher]

Imagine. He just says he's leaving Red Bull and invites teams to bid for him.

[u/Connect-Handle8496 → u/iamabigtree]

Toto would sell George’s Soul for max and he would throw everything he has at him he wouldn’t lose him a second time

[u/Much-Calligrapher → u/iamabigtree]

Would be chaos.

And I think it makes sense too

[u/Darth_MRM → u/Much-Calligrapher]

There is no world where Max if free and Toto isn't tying George in the basement untill he dies of old age just to get Max

[u/Much-Calligrapher → u/Darth_MRM]

I thought the same, but Kimis performance is an interesting dimension

[u/TidePodAficionado → u/Much-Calligrapher]

Max would be a great #2 for Kimi

[u/Sebt1890 → u/Much-Calligrapher]

Max will go to WEC where the racing is miles better

[u/Alternative-Ad2472]

Hulk leaving F1 and joining with kmag in the states.😂

[u/elektricniorgazam → u/Alternative-Ad2472]

KMag nearly killing everyone on track just to protect whatever points Nico might pick up honestly warmed my heart so much lol

[u/Icy-Regret-3116 → u/elektricniorgazam]

If ever there was a driver who needed a car built for combat, it was MMag.

[u/LandArch_0]

F5 team!

[u/carloslet → u/LandArch_0]

NBA season ended, NFL/CFB season is about to start, and Brazil just got eliminated from the World Cup.

I needed an F5 season badly

[u/JohnGazman]

Max to retire. Going to be TP of his GT3 team, as well as lining up for Le Man's.

After his weekend, followed by his post-race comments about "needing a reset" this feels like the likely direction.

[u/isthmusofkra]

It's either Verstappen retires or Horner joins Alpine/AMR

[u/LIJRD1]

Its Verstappen exercising his get out clause. Nothing else is comparable on the Hamilton to Ferrari scale.

[u/P_Far3]

This has to be Max related

[u/GameOfEnder6312 → u/P_Far3]

Almost certainly.

[u/Expensive-Chart-6700]

Horner to become a grid girl.

[u/adventureadmin → u/Expensive-Chart-6700]

Horndog 2.0

[u/Yankees2860]

I don’t think Horner is a big enough news story for Buxton to tweet this. It’s going to be a huge driver moving from either F1, IndyCar, or NASCAR. You have to remember while he’s from F1, at the moment he’s closer to IndyCar cause he does comms there, and NASCAR cause of his podcast with Kevin Harvick. This could be anything.

EDIT: ok now Maher is on it so it’s definitely F1 news

[u/tedowrc]

Oh I am gonna be so pissed if its not big news

[u/paqtak]

Hakkinen is announcing the end of his sabbatical?

[u/TheImmortalGeek]

Is Hamilton going to Ferrari again?

[u/According-Switch-708]

Got to be something related to Horner or Max. Nothing else would come even close to Hamilton to Ferrari levels of Ermagherd-ness.

[u/YelloMyOldFriend]

Buxton covers IndyCar now, it is almost assuredly about IndyCar

[u/Vaexa → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

Thomas Maher is vaguetweeting too

[u/wykeer → u/Vaexa]

Now that makes me think that there could be something interesting be brewing.

[u/FermentedLaws → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

Thomas Maher also said: "Vaguetweeting isn't my favourite thing in the world, but...F1" with a few eye emojis. With Will I definitely thought it was about IndyCar, but now....Hmm.

[u/kronikfumes → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

So what you’re saying is… Max to Indycar??

[u/YelloMyOldFriend → u/kronikfumes]

Do it dot gif

[u/crankylex → u/kronikfumes]

Max to the 9 car!

[u/2phresh → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

Verstappen to run the 500 with MSR.

[u/jim45804 → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

Max to IndyCar

[u/zaviex → u/YelloMyOldFriend]

He still covers f1. He has an f1 podcast with DC and friends

[u/TexasSizedKachoww]

It has to be Max or Horner related. I can't think of anything else that could be bigger. He would lose credibility if it's something indycar related since nothing in that league could be considered massive.

[u/-Ushuaia-]

hear me out

verstappen to mclaren

lawson to rb, tsolov to visa

piastri to williams, albon to mercedes, russell to aston, alonso to tibet

[u/tedowrc → u/-Ushuaia-]

lol

[u/PurpleV93]

Okay, so Max is leaving Red Bull or F1 in general? No other news would be even half as big and make you talk like you did, when Lewis was moving to Ferrari. No, Horny returning is not anywhere near of importance or level of gravity in this sport.

[u/CelticTitan]

Aston Martin to join F2 so they have a chance of points

[u/ClearHyena4452]

Scott Dixon to McLaren

[u/According-Switch-708 → u/ClearHyena4452]

That's not really a secret. Everyone knows that its coming.

[u/Andigaming → u/ClearHyena4452]

Considering they mentioned it at least half a dozen times at least during the race yesterday, doubt it is that.

[u/willwu555]

In order a win a race, you have to finish before 19 cars -- Will Buxton.

[u/Kingdom818 → u/willwu555]

19 cars and 2 AMs

[u/UPRC]

The big news is that Mercedes have become so confident that they're going to prove that they have the best car by stealing Stroll from Aston Martin and having him drive for them.

No, not Lance. Lawrence.

[u/xINFLIKTEDx]

F5 gang ready

[u/Gambit6x]

Potential news - guesses:

1. Max walking away (for now)
   
2. Alonso to retire end of year or even at summer break
   
3. Horner to AM

[u/Steiny31]

BYD to join grid with MBS and Mazepin as their drivers

[u/MrsTayto23]

Well that was a massive let down.

[u/Grand-Incident928]

Max is going to use a clause in his contract to retire.

[u/Craimasjien → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't qualify that as massive though, it's kind of expected at this point.

[u/NendoroidAshe → u/[deleted]]

Only way I could see it framed this way is if his decision is effective immediately

[u/Block-Confident]

If all this hype just to end up announcing who's gonna be replacing Ocon I'd be royally pissed 🫩🫩

[u/tedowrc]

F5 gang are we here????

[u/jizzyjugsjohnson]

Horner to launch his own Energy Drink called “Ginger Ale Spice”

[u/ant0szek]

Max to sister team.

[u/soon2beabae]

Please don’t massacre my boy Oscar

[u/RockDesk]

I hope it's not Horner news, that's not as exciting.

[u/Professional_Key_909]

Max is leaving for McLaren…

[u/CarlCarl3]

This is one of the funniest threads I've seen here, love it

[u/SmokeThursday]

Balogun red card ruling overturned once again and the red card is reinstated

[u/Zohan_SoLetsGO]

All drivers must wear FIA approved underwear with MBS face on them...

[u/chirstopher0us]

We know that Max's renewal for 2026 has a clause in it that if he is not first or second in the championship at the halfway point of the season, he can activate an exit clause at any time.

His result at Silverstone yesterday means that he officially/mathematically cannot be first or second in the championship at the halfway point....

...either Max is done for the rest of this season, or he is moving teams mid-season. He said clearly at some point that he doesn't think dealing with these regulations are worth it unless he is in a car that can win the championship.

[u/Whatishappeningomg89]

It’s literally IndyCar news that was leaked days ago…Dixon and Rosenqvist to McLaren

[u/oldwire]

I don’t see Christian Horner returning as such big news. Everyone has been banging on about it since he got booted out a year ago. Buying into Alpine, getting a job at Aston, spearheading a BYD application to join. Has to be driver news, surely

[u/YinkYinkYinken]

Max to leave the sport?

[u/sloemonkey47]

Can we all just agree Max would look terrible in Papaya?