Red Bull F1 Employee Who Accused Team Boss Horner Of Misconduct Has Been Suspended, AP Source Says – News18

The Red Bull Racing Formula 1 worker whose criticism sparked an investigation into alleged misconduct by workforce principal Christian Horner has been suspended, an individual with info on the matter informed The Associated Press on Thursday.

The particular person requested anonymity as a result of Red Bull hasn’t revealed particulars of the investigation.

Red Bull Racing’s dad or mum firm didn’t instantly reply a request looking for remark.

Last week, the workforce’s dad or mum firm dismissed a criticism of alleged misconduct by Horner towards a workforce worker. At the time, the corporate mentioned the worker had a proper of enchantment.

Horner declined to touch upon the suspension Thursday when he spoke at a information convention in Jeddah forward of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend.

“I’m afraid that I can’t comment on anything that’s confidential between an employee and the company, so I can’t offer you anything on that,” he mentioned.

A day after the criticism was dismissed, a file alleged to include proof towards Horner was emailed to almost 200 folks within the F1 paddock, together with Liberty Media, F1, the FIA, the opposite 9 workforce principals and a number of media retailers. That occurred throughout apply for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The authenticity of the recordsdata has not been verified by the AP; the file got here from a generic electronic mail account.

Also Thursday, Horner expressed confidence that champion driver Max Verstappen wouldn’t depart Red Bull. That adopted criticism of Horner from Verstappen’s father, Jos, who warned final week the workforce would “explode” if Horner stayed in his put up, in feedback to The Daily Mail. Verstappen mentioned Wednesday that his father was “not a liar,” however the Dutch driver additionally indicated he had “no reason to leave” the workforce the place he has received his three titles.

Asked if Verstappen would see out his Red Bull contract, Horner mentioned: “I’m certain that he will. He’s got a great team around him, he’s got great faith in that team and we’ve achieved an awful lot together, so he’s committed to an agreement till 2028. We know from the team’s side, from Max’s side that we’re determined to build on the success that we’ve achieved already.”

Horner added that “discussions” have been held following Verstappen’s victory on the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix final week, however he didn’t give particulars.

“I spoke to Jos following the Grand Prix and obviously congratulated him on his son’s performance, and I think it’s in everybody’s interests collectively that we’ve agreed to move on, to focus on the future,” Horner mentioned.

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