The husband of F1 boss SPICE Girl Geri Halliwell will face a D-Day roast on Friday amid claims of a fierce power struggle.
Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner is to be questioned by a lawyer over shocking allegations of “inappropriate behaviour”.
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Red Bull boss Christian Horner is to be questioned by a lawyer over the shocking allegations Credit: Getty
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Wife Geri, 51, stands by Horner, 50, who denies the allegationsCredit: Getty
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Horner with Red Bull’s three-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen Credit: Getty
Sources say the investigation will focus on the employee’s concerns about Horner’s strict work schedule and not relate to any sexual impropriety.
An F1 source told The Sun: “Christian was concerned about her behavior and made it clear he was unhappy.
“She continued to complain about his ‘controlling’ behavior, which detonated this crisis for the team.”
One F1 source claims that there is a deliberate attempt to destabilize Horner. Rumors of a power struggle have dogged Red Bull Racing since the death of its ally and billionaire co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz in 2022.
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Last year, Horner downplayed rumors of a split with adviser Helmut Mark, 80, as a “small difference of opinion”.
Wife Geri, 51, stands by Horner, 50, who denies the allegations.
An independent lawyer appointed to investigate the woman’s claims will question him at a meeting in the UK on Friday.
Neither Horner nor his accuser have been suspended and continue to work among the 1,600 staff at the Austrian team’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, Bucks.
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The F1 boss is no stranger to personal crisis – he fell out with his parents after he left the mother of his first child and married Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
Horner’s parents did not attend the wedding in 2015, reportedly because they were upset about the end of his 14-year relationship with ex-partner Beverley Allen.
While the family seems to have patched things up now, Horner has also experienced turmoil in his professional life.
The hard-working team boss has already fallen out with rival F1 bosses and is apparently embroiled in an ongoing feud with Mercedes racing boss Tot Wolff.
It stems from allegations that Red Bull breached budget rules and benefited from the breach when their driver Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 F1 championship.
And now there are rumors of a power struggle within Red Bull, a struggle that could be Christian’s toughest yet.
Another source said: “It’s an uncomfortable situation, but it’s unavoidable until the air is cleared and this matter is resolved.”
Red Bull is said to want the issue resolved before the first race of the new F1 season, which starts in Bahrain at the end of the month.
Since Horner took over as team principal in 2005, Red Bull has won seven F1 world drivers’ championships and six world constructors’ titles. Top driver Max Verstappen is the current world champion.
Red Bull Racing referred all inquiries to its Austrian headquarters yesterday. A spokesman said: “It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”
When asked about the allegations against Horner, his rival team boss at Williams, James Vowles, said: “I think it means we all have to look in the mirror and make sure we’re asking the right questions internally and acting in a way that we can only be. proud, not today but in the next ten years.”
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