Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has been fired after 20 years with the team, a team spokesperson told CNN Sports on Wednesday.

If you're waking up on Wednesday morning and you're a F1 fan, you're waking up to stunning news: Christian Horner, who has been the team principal at Red Bull for all of two decades ... has been fired.

Christian Horner oversaw the most dominant era in Red Bull Racing's Formula 1 effort, leading the team's effort to eight drivers' titles and six constructor titles in his 20 years as team principle. That all came to an end on July 9 though,