There are still chapters in the scandal that shook the start of the Formula 1 season and which has as its protagonist Christian Horner, the director of the Red Bull team.
This Sunday, it became known that the employee of the dominant team in recent years in the top category filed a new complaint, this time before the
Ethics Committee of the International Automobile Federation (FIA)
.
This was stated by the British network BBC, which promoted this complaint to the leading body of motorsports after two accusations made previously.
The first had taken place on February 2, through the line that the FIA dedicates to the ethical rules of F1, a few days before the case became public.
That call made direct reference to Christian Horner's behavior towards an employee of the Austrian team and asked the FIA to act due to fears that Red Bull was trying to hide what happened.
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The second accusation, made on March 6, recalled the accusations made in the first and warned that in the event of inaction on the part of the FIA, the complainant - whose identity was not specified by the BBC - would inform the press.
Consulted by the French international agency AFP, the FIA said that it
could not confirm the presentation of a complaint due to the procedures it applies internally
in the management of this type of situation and due to "the strict confidentiality that exists and will exist."
Horner, 50 years old and married to singer
Geri Halliwell
(former member of the group Spice Girls), always denied the accusations.
His wife was seen with him at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the race that opened the season earlier this month.
He was
acquitted in an internal investigation carried out by Red Bull, which lasted ten weeks
and was carried out by a lawyer outside the team.
The employee,
suspended from her duties
within the team after her complaint was rejected, would have decided to appeal that decision internally and asked Red Bull to reconsider its position, according to several media outlets.
The case continues to shake the championship-leading team, despite the excellent results achieved by its drivers at the start of the season.
The Dutchman Max Verstappen won both races, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
His Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez was second in both competitions.
With information from AFP