The Red Bull employee whose allegations against Christian Horner prompted an internal investigation has been suspended with pay, according to multiple reports.
The team has not commented on the outcome of the investigation since Horner was cleared eight days ago.
Soon after the complaint was dismissed, a series of documents purportedly containing information related to the investigation were leaked to a wide range of people involved in the sport.
Horner has consistently denied the allegations of inappropriate behaviour which were made against him. He attended the team’s launch and pre-season testing before the results of the investigation were announced. Horner and Red Bull have not commented on the contents of the leak, which are claimed to show messages exchanged between Horner and a female team member.
Red Bull’s rival teams have called on Formula 1 and the FIA to give assurances they are satisfied with how the team conducted its investigation. Red Bull said its investigation was “fair, rigorous and impartial” but its findings were “confidential”.
The episode has put Red Bull under scrutiny and triggered questions over whether Horner will be able to remain in charge of the team he has led since it enter F1 19 years ago. It has also led to speculation over whether reigning world champion Max Verstappen or the team’s star designer Adrian Newey might try to leave. Verstappen’s father Jos said last week the team would “explode” if Horner remained in charge.
The driver said this weekend the speculation around Horner was “not good for the team.” He is believed to have been urged to publicly back Horner by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
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