Laurent Mekies is the new CEO of Red Bull team now. Honestly I'm not surprised with Horner's departure. He has already been rumoured with leaving. But I thought maybe it wouldn't happen before the end of the season.

Now I have a stronger feeling like Verstappen will join Mercedes from the beginning of next season. There is already a so-called offer by Mercedes around 100 million euros for him now.
Even though rumors that he will leave Red Bull have been very strong lately, it is still a shame that Red Bull's decision to release Christian Horner in the middle of this season, because he is one of the important figures who built Red Bull to where it is today. But perhaps in this case Red Bull has its own considerations, especially since the internal situation of Red Bull is not so good, after the decline in team performance and power conflicts within the structure, and that made stakeholders fire him and support the appointment of Laurent Mekies as the new CEO. Even though this is a very sudden restructuring, I don't think it will be able to solve Red Bull's internal problems, and maybe this will be a new chapter for Red Bull, whether they become a stronger team, or they become a mid-table team.