Jos Verstappen: Red Bull F1 Team Will “explode” If Christian Horner Stays As Team Principal

The Red Bull Formula One staff will “explode” if Christian Horner stays on as staff principal, in line with Jos Verstappen, the daddy of three-time F1 champion Max Verstappen.

The F1 highlight has been virtually totally on Horner within the days main as much as the brand new season, over his alleged conduct towards a staff worker.

“There is tension here while he remains in position,” Jos Verstappen informed British newspaper the Daily Mail after his son gained Saturday’s season-opening race in Bahrain. “The team is in danger of being torn apart. It can’t go on the way it is. It will explode. He (Horner) is playing the victim, when he is the one causing the problems.”

On Wednesday, the staff’s mum or dad firm dismissed a criticism of alleged misconduct by Horner towards a staff worker. A day later throughout apply for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a file alleged to comprise proof in opposition to Horner — together with alleged WhatsApp message exchanges — was emailed to just about 200 folks within the F1 paddock, together with Liberty Media, F1, the FIA, the opposite 9 staff principals and a number of media retailers.

The authenticity of the file, which was despatched from a generic e mail account, has not been verified by The Associated Press.

Jos Verstappen, a former F1 driver who was Michael Schumacher’s teammate after they raced at Benetton, has been pointed to as a possible supply of the file by some F1 insiders however he firmly denied it.

“That wouldn’t make sense,” the 51-year-old Dutchman informed the Daily Mail. “Why would I do that when Max is doing so well here?”

Horner has denied wrongdoing and stated in an announcement issued Thursday that he wouldn’t “comment on anonymous speculation” in regards to the file.

Reacting to the continuing controversy, the president of Formula 1’s governing physique informed the Financial Times that the controversy round Horner is damaging the game, however that the FIA gained’t conduct its personal inquiry except it receives a criticism.

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem stated any criticism lodged with its compliance officer can be investigated but it surely had not obtained one associated to Horner’s scenario.

“It’s damaging the sport,” Ben Sulayem informed the newspaper, which added that he was talking Friday after a gathering with Horner. “This is damaging on a human level.”

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