{
  "id": 14508829,
  "title": "Why Christian Horner banned Mercedes' name as Red Bull built its own F1 engine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/why-christian-horner-banned-mercedes-name-as-red-bull-built-its-own",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T18:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-horner-banned-mercedes-name-as-red-bull-built-its-own-f1-engine/10864996/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Red Bull CEO and team principal Christian Horner has revealed why he banned employees of the squad's powertrains division from using the name of bitter Formula 1 rivals Mercedes. The Milton Keynes-based outfit had enjoyed a flourishing partnership with Honda following a turbulent end to its time working with Renault power, re-emerging as a title contender in the late 2010s and early ...…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "Christian Horner blames Dietrich Mateschitz’s death for the “painful” end of his F1 reign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/christian-horner-blames-dietrich-mateschitzs-death-for-the-painful",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:54:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}