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Horner is threatened with new trouble
The Horner affair in the formula surrounding the Red Bull team boss is still not over. The employee can still lodge an objection. She is also disappointed with Red Bull.
The evidence that Red Bull team boss Christian Horner behaved in a cross-border manner towards an employee is overwhelming – and yet the Brit is still in his job. Although it recently emerged that the support of the Thai majority owners of Red Bull GmbH for the Brit is now crumbling, a decision is still pending.
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That’s why the focus is now once again on the employee who contacted Red Bull’s compliance department in Fuschl with the allegations. Like the British one telegraph According to reports, she has hired a new lawyer and plans to file an objection in the next few days against the report from the internal investigation that exonerated Horner. If this step is not successful, she wants to do it SPORT1-Take information to civil court.
Red Bull is reportedly on the trail of leaks
The telegraph also writes that Red Bull is on the trail of leaks. The question therefore arises as to who first leaked the details of an internal investigation against Horner to the public – and above all, who sent the team boss’s alleged chat messages with his employee during the Bahrain Grand Prix to a distribution list with more than 100 formulas -1-Those responsible and journalists sent.
Meanwhile, a friend of Horner’s assistant has spoken out. He betrays him Daily Mail, that the woman, who has now been released, feels abandoned by the Red Bull Group.
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The friend: “She is so disappointed with how everything turned out, especially because from her point of view she did everything right and initially expressed her concerns within the company in camera. They suspended her even though she followed due process. That is why she is now demanding transparency regarding all decisions and the internal investigation.”
Pressure from the paddock is growing
At the same time, the pressure from the Formula 1 paddock is also increasing. The F1 makers at Liberty Media and the FIA are noticeably holding back, but Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is pushing for explanations.
“Looking from the outside, we are treated to a lot of drama. But for a team like Red Bull, a situation like that isn’t great,” he says oe24. “We live in a very transparent world. If you don’t say something, it only becomes more interesting: that leads to more questions, more stories, and more speculation.”
But that is not the really important topic. Instead, the question needs to be clarified: “Why did a woman who felt uncomfortable go to HR (personnel management, editor)? Why hasn’t anyone talked about this yet? In addition, there is an information strategy that looks a bit confusing from the outside.”