In the round-up: Red Bull team principal Christian Horner again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour after a series of messages purporting to involve him were leaked.
In brief
Horner denies allegation again after leak
Red Bull Austria officially cleared Horner to remain in charge of the team on Wednesday following what they called an independent investigation. However yesterday over 100 people in F1 received what is claimed to be copies of text and image exchanges between Horner and a team member, sent from an anonymous email account.
Horner stated he would not comment on “anonymous speculation” but repeated he has “always denied the allegations.”
Red Bull arranged a “thorough and fair investigation conducted by an independent specialist barrister,” Horner continued, “and it has concluded, dismissing the complaint made. I remain fully focused on the start of the season.
Haas look “quicker than I would like” – Albon
After posting the 11th fastest time from the first day of practice in Bahrain, Williams driver Alexander Albon admits he was surprised to see Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg half a second quicker than him.
“I think we were surprised by our pace in FP1,” he said. “We’re actually quite good on the medium tyres and then we lose a bit of pace when we go to softs.
“[We have] some work to do in terms of balance. More so just some cars around us are quicker than I would like – the Haas especially. So we have to look around, see what we can do better.”
Porsche Penske on top in WEC practice
Porsche Penske set the pace on the opening day of practice for the season-opening World Endurance Championship race in Qatar.
The number six Porsche of Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor set the quickest time of a 1’39.990, seven tenths of a second faster than the number 93 Peugeot and Jota’s number 38 Porsche.
World champions Toyota were only eighth and 13th fastest for their number seven and world champion number eight crew, respectively.
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