New details about Christian Horner in F1: he would have sent sexual messages to a Red Bull employee

The Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team is going through quite complicated times and is also in the eye of the storm of public opinion after the recent revelations of an investigation into the team boss, Christian Horner.. According to details revealed by the Dutch media De Telegraaf on February 5, an employee of the Formula 1 team presented accusations in December 2023 for alleged inappropriate conduct against Horner, the same that took place in the group’s headquarters in Austria, where he allegedly handed over evidentiary material to an external lawyer in charge of the case.

Horner has been head of Red Bull Racing since 2005 and is also known to be in a romantic relationship with former member of the English pop group Spice Gril, Geri Halliwell, and has denied all allegations against him. However, there is a new report which highlights that Horner “he would have sent sexually suggestive messages” to the employee for a fairly long time.

Payments to silence the whole scandal?

This entire situation has been in the media attention due to the seriousness of the accusations against Horner and also because of the way in which this crisis has been handled to try to solve it. According to information from the Dutch media, reporter Erik Van Haren indicated that he is aware of the identity of the woman who denounced the head of Red Bull Racing and that she also received an offer of a total of 760 thousand euros. by Horner’s closest entourage, in an attempt to once and for all keep quiet and prevent the whole case from continuing and growing, as well as stop the dissemination of more details about it.

Christian Horner has not been suspended from his activities and responsibilities in his role within Red Bull Racing, and is supported without hesitation by the main shareholder majority of the team in question, the Thai Chalerm Yoovidhya. Horner has made it quite clear that he intends to move on from Red Bull Racing while also affirming his loyalty to the team.

During the presentation of the new car of world champion Max Verstappen and Sergio Checo Pérez, Horner once again emphasized his total denial of the accusations. “I’ve been here since the beginning. I have built the team. I feel enormous loyalty to the people who work here, so I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else,” he declared in an interview conducted by Europa Press. He also said he was focused on next season and expressed his excitement to see the two cars on track next week in Bahrain.

Horner remains focused on the 2024 season

“I’m focused on the season ahead and obviously looking forward to seeing the cars on track next week in Bahrain.”, he acknowledged and added: “Everything has continued as always, of course there is an investigation with which I am complying and cooperating fully. But all of that remains in the background as we prepare for the season ahead.”

The new Formula 1 season is about to begin, and the new car called RB20, It is a car in which Red Bull Racing hopes to once again be at the top of Mount Olympus in the highest category of motor sport.

“This is a momentous year in the team’s history. Over the last 20 years, Red Bull has managed to change the landscape of Formula 1 “and he has achieved it with his determination to do things differently, with his commitment to play hard and race even harder and with his total concentration on competing for the sport’s great prizes,” commented the CEO of Oracle Red Bull Racing. , Christian Horner.

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