Formula One Management, F1’s commercial rights holders, say that they hope the independent investigation into Christian Horner‘s conduct at Red Bull will be “clarified at the earliest opportunity.”
The team principal of the Formula 1 world championship winning team is currently subject of an investigation triggered by the team’s parent company, Red Bull Austria.
The inquiry, carried out by an independent barrister, follows Red Bull receiving a complaint from a member of staff at the team about Horner’s behaviour. Horner has denied any allegations of wrongdoing.
News that Horner was the subject of an investigation broke last week, with a Red Bull spokesperson confirming to RaceFans in a statement that it had reacted in response to a complaint.
“After being made aware of certain recent allegations, the company launched an independent investigation. This process, which is already underway, is being carried out by an external specialist barrister,” the statement said.
“The company takes these matters extremely seriously and the investigation will be completed as soon as practically possible. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”
Horner has not been suspended following the initiation of the investigation and was present at the launch of the team’s RB20 at their Milton Keynes factory earlier this week. Speaking to media including RaceFans at the launch, Horner stated that it was “business as normal” for him.
The team have not offered a timeline for when the investigation is likely to be concluded. Horner may still be the subject of investigation as his team heads to Bahrain next week to participate in the sole pre-season test ahead of the opening grand prix of the season in just under two weeks’ time.
In a statement to RaceFans, FOM called for a timely conclusion to the independent investigation launched by Red Bull.
“We have noted Red Bull has instigated an independent investigation into internal allegations at Red Bull Racing,” read the statement.
“We hope the matter will be clarified at the earliest opportunity, after a fair and thorough process. We will not comment further at this time.”
Horner has been team principal of Red Bull since the team took over the former Jaguar team at the end of 2004. In that time, Red Bull have won seven world drivers’ championships with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen and six constructors’ titles.
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