Christian Horner releases statement after 'texts and photos leaked' from Red Bull investigation

Christian Horner releases statement after 'texts and photos leaked' from Red Bull investigation

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Stuart Ballard

By Stuart Ballard


Published: 29/02/2024

- 17:57

Updated: 29/02/2024

- 19:06

Christian Horner has repeatedly denied the allegations he faced as part of the Red Bull investigation.

Christian Horner has released a statement after an anonymous account leaked alleged photos and texts from the Red Bull boss.

The 50-year-old was cleared of any wrongdoing this week after the investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour was brought to a close.


Red Bull's parent company said in a statement they were "confident that the investigation has been fair, rigorous and impartial".

But just 24 hours after Horner was cleared, new information was leaked allegedly containing texts and photos from the Red Bull boss.

Christian Horner has now released a statement

Christian Horner has now released a statement

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The leaked conversations were reportedly sent to hundreds of journalists as well as the team principals in F1 as well as the sport's bosses.

Horner has now issued a statement following the leak, once again denying the allegations that were made against him.

"I won't comment on anonymous speculation, but to reiterate, I have always denied the allegations," he said.

"I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and fully cooperated with it every step of the way.

"It was a thorough and fair investigation conducted by an independent specialist barrister and it has concluded, dismissing the complaint made.

"I remain fully focused on the start of the season."

Horner was at the Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday for the season's first free practice session.

Speaking for the first time since he was cleared, Horner admitted he was looking forward to focusing on the season ahead.

"I'm just pleased that the process is over," Horner told Sky Sports News.

Christian Horner has repeatedly denied the allegations against him

Christian Horner has repeatedly denied the allegations against him

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"Obviously, I can't comment about it, but we are here very much to focus now on the Grand Prix and the season ahead and trying to defend both of our titles."

But Red Bull's statement dismissing the allegations against Horner hasn't satisfied Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.

The 52-year-old wanted to see more "transparency" from Red Bull about the investigation.

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"Well I just read the statement, which was pretty basic, I would say.

"My personal opinion is we can't really look behind the curtain. At the end of the day, there is a lady in an organisation that has spoken to HR and said there is an issue. It was investigated and yesterday the sport has received a message, 'it's all fine. We've looked at it.'

"And I believe that with the aspirations as a global sport, on such critical topics, it needs more transparency and I wonder what the sport's position is.

"We are competitors, we are a team and we can have our own personal opinions or not, but it's more like a general reaction or action that we as a sport need to assess what is right in that situation and what is wrong."

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