It’s a sigh of relief for Christian Horner.
The boss of the Red Bull team has been cleared of accusations of “inappropriate behavior” which had called into question his presence in the paddock for the 2024 Formula 1 season.
As The Times announced earlier, the Austrian team has just made it official that its director was cleared in this affair following the internal investigation of which he was the subject.
His position as number 1 of the red bull brand is not yet completely assured but everything now suggests that Christian Horner should be present this weekend in Bahrain, for the first Grand Prix of the season, as he was for winter testing last week.
The FIA and Liberty Media requested clarification
The Briton has always denied the serious accusations against him.
According to Telegraaf, he was guilty of “transgressive sexual behavior” towards an employee.
This would have transmitted to the Dutch media messages received from Christian Horner “over a significant period of time”.
The boss of Red Bull would then have offered him a sum of around 760,000 euros so that the affair would not become known.
Questioned on February 9, Horner continued to deny the facts.
A report of more than 100 pages would have been written, with testimony from all parties.
The FIA and Liberty Media, which runs Formula 1, had called for this matter to be “clarified as soon as possible, following a fair and thorough process.
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