The owners of Red Bull allegedly got together on Sunday to talk about Christian Horner’s future in light of the ongoing incident involving the head of a Formula 1 team.
It happens in the midst of rumours that Horner will be fired before the upcoming Australian race on March 24.
Despite Red Bull’s overwhelming success on the track, the Horner scandal has clouded the start of the 2024 Formula One season.
A Red Bull colleague accused the 50-year-old husband of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell of “inappropriate behaviour,” but an investigation cleared him of the charge.
Following the subsequent revelation of texts and photos pertaining to the investigation, the team suspended the complaint with full pay, and the story appears to be going nowhere.
Marko himself revealed that he could be suspended by the team, seemingly in relation to the leaked texts and images, and there is a clause in Verstappen’s long-term contract that allows him to leave if the 80-year-old is fired.
The whole saga is taking away from Red Bull’s achievements on track, where they have cruised to 1-2 finishes in the opening two races of the year in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Though Horner has continually denied the allegations and insisted his team are united, there is a feeling that something – or someone – has to give at this point, at that could well end up being Horner himself.
Marko admitted that he might be suspended from the team in response to the texts and photos that were exposed. Furthermore, in the event that Verstappen, who is 80 years old, were to terminate his long-term contract, Marko would be free to depart.
Red Bull has led both of the season’s opening races, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but the narrative as a whole overshadows their on-track achievements.
Even while Horner has continuously denied the allegations and insisted that his team is cohesive, there’s a feeling that something has to give at this point, and it very well could be him.
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