“The independent investigation into the allegations against Mr. Horner has been completed and Red Bull can confirm that the complaints have been dismissed,” Red Bull said in a statement announcing the decision.
However, the reason was not mentioned. And for many outside Red Bull, there are still many unanswered questions that they refuse to answer.
Who did KC hire to compile the report? Who paid them? What did the report say? What was its scope? Was there a recommendation? How much attention did the board give to it when making the decision to dismiss the complaint?
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In the Horner case, the charges were dismissed after the board received KC's report. However, that does not necessarily mean that the report is important in that decision.
Those questions were reinforced when a cache of messages implicating Horner was leaked to the media and F1 executives a day after Red Bull dismissed the charges.
A week later, Verstappen's father Jos intervened again following news about Marko.
Bahrain believes the Horner controversy is “driving people apart” and said the team would “fall apart” if the principal remained on the scene.
“I feel sorry for the woman, given everything she's been through, but we'll see what happens,” Verstappen told the Daily Mail at a rally in Belgium on Friday. Told.
As for drawing a line under the controversy, he said: “If that's what[Horner]wants, that's fine, but I don't think it's possible. It's too late for Christians to say, 'Leave me alone.' “Yes,” he said. With the support of the Thai owner, I think it will remain for the rest of the season.
“I said it would be bad if he stayed. It would be really bad for the team, it would be bad for this whole situation.
“But the most important thing to me is that Max is happy. That's what's important to me. I just want him to be happy.”
According to BBC Sport, Yuvidya met with Verstappen's manager Raymond Vermeulen in Dubai between the Bahrain and Saudi races and made it clear that Horner would stay whether Verstappen's camp liked it or not. I made it.
Meanwhile, Austrian insiders say this is much more than an internal Red Bull Racing power play between Horner and Marko.
There, it is believed that this is about a struggle between Thailand and Austria for control of Red Bull, and Horner and Marko are just chess pieces. If so, Yoovidhya appears to be winning.
Meanwhile, there's clearly an elephant in the room. The woman who made the accusations against Mr. Horner has so far maintained her silence. How long will it last? If she speaks out, gets suspended and takes legal action, or both, how will that affect Red Bull and F1 as a sport?
Governing body the FIA and commercial rights holder F1 have said little publicly about the Horner saga, leaving many executives in the sport outraged. If women raise their voices, it is unlikely that their stance will be maintained.
All of this is unlikely to derail the championship campaign given the superiority of Red Bull's car with Verstappen behind the wheel.
However, it is something that could eventually lead to the collapse of an F1 team.
