There are still too many unknowns in the story of the internal investigation that Red Bull initiated against Christian Horner. The team itself does not comment on the situation and Horner presented it as usual during a meeting of the Formula 1 Commission, which was held in London on Monday.
The wording “inappropriate behavior” is too vague and can be interpreted in any way, so we can only speculate. No one heard Horner’s own words, and the phrase “I categorically deny these claims” is quoted in the text of today’s article in the Dutch tabloid De Telegraaf that caused all this fuss.
Austrian sources, based on insider information, put forward the version that Horner has lost the support of that part of the Red Bull management, which is based in Salzburg. But at the same time, the Thai co-owners of the company, who own 51% of the company’s shares, are on his side – in theory they can intervene in the situation and try to protect the team leader, with whom she achieved this Such a success.
It is also reported that the confrontation between Horner and Helmut Marko, i.e. the power struggle within Red Bull Racing has nothing to do with this strange and unpleasant story.
Yet assumptions are already being made about who can replace Horner, at least for a transitional period, if such a need arises due to circumstances. Such a person could, for example, be Jonathan Whitley, a 56-year-old Briton who holds the position of team manager. Wheatley spent decades in Formula 1, started his career in the 1990s, was a mechanic at Benetton, but has been with Red Bull Racing since 2006 and can be considered one of the team’s old-timers.
Source: F1 News
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