Team Management
At the age of 25, Horner decided to continue with the team in F3000 as the owner, signing Viktor Maslov and Marc Goossens for the 1999 season. Success in the sport proved hard to find, with the team not finding a win in any of its first three seasons, Darren Manning not even being able to get one in his two seasons with the team.
A new driver line-up changed the situation for 2002, with Tomáš Enge and Björn Wirdheim brought in to replace Manning and Maslov. Enge won the title that year, but was demoted to third after a failed drug test handed the title to Sébastien Bourdais.
Wirdheim stayed in 2003, with Enge replaced by Townsend Bell. Björn Wirdheim won the title by a 35-point margin to second-placed Ricardo Sperafico.
The final season of F3000, 2004, was dominated by Arden's lead driver Vitantonio Liuzzi; the support of Robert Doornbos helped to secure both the drivers and constructors championship titles by a large margin. At this time Horner based his Arden International Team at Prodrive premises in Banbury, before relocating them to the former 22 Motorsport facility close by.
In 2005, the Red Bull Racing team brought Horner to Formula One, where he was the youngest of the team principals at the time. In 2006, he jumped into a swimming pool wearing nothing but a Superman cape to celebrate the team's first podium finish at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix. The team finished a strong second in the 2009 constructors' championship with drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finishing second and fourth respectively in the drivers' title race. In 2010, the team won their first constructors' championship with one race to spare, and Sebastian Vettel won the drivers' championship at the final race of the season. In 2011, the team won their second constructors' championship with three races to spare, Sebastian Vettel became the world's youngest double-champion. In 2012 the team won their third Constructors' championship with one race to spare, Sebastian Vettel became the world's youngest triple world champion.
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