The director of Red Bull Racing, Christian Hornerwill continue in his position as head of the Austrian team after the independent investigation carried out towards the British executive for apparently having engaged in inappropriate behaviour, has come to an end and the accusations have been “dismissed”.
“The report is confidential and contains private information of the parties and third parties who assisted in the investigation and, therefore, no further comments will be made out of respect for all those involved.“, indicated the Austrian company in a statement. In the letter, the Austrian team made it very clear that “it continues to strive to achieve the highest standards in the workplace”, after, in what was a movement totally independent of the company itself, adding an external specialist lawyer to carry out an investigation into Horner, the team leader of the Austrian brand since 2005.
The Dutch driver and multiple world champion, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) preferred not to speak on this topic during the morning. this Wednesday at the press conference that was held in commemoration of the Bahrain Grand Prix and let it be known that he had every faith that said case would be resolved “as quickly as possible.”
Verstappen motivated for the new season
Verstappen stated this Wednesday that the team’s new car, called RB20, is “quite promising and competitive.” something that is already classic on the part of the Red Bull team, but they did not want to put much more weight and pressure on what the team already has for this new season, also ensuring that they had “only” “finished the tests” and that they still He does not know if they are “fast enough” to be strong candidates to win a fourth consecutive world championship.
Verstappen is very clear about his objectives for this new season and confessed in the press conference that he “wants to see” where they are.. Since in last week’s tests he felt quite comfortable and they met the stipulated program, but, at the same time, he explained that there are “many races”, not just Bahrain, and that the times are not significant. The Dutch driver also confessed that he does not feel any pressure to win a fourth world championship, but on the contrary, what he wants most is to be able to “wake up, go to the track, race and then see the results.”
Verstappen’s future in F1
“I’m young, but I’m not going to spend ten more years doing 24 races a year. “You have to think about quality and not quantity.”Verstappen stated, he wanted to make it clear that “it is not sustainable,” but on the contrary there is a moment “in which you have to evaluate your quality of life.”
Formula One will take the checkered flag at the Bahrain Grand Prix for a new season in which nineteen drivers will be competing for the same goal. and it is to be world champion, as well as to be able to defeat the Dutchman, who wants to repeat the glorious campaign he had last year in an endless calendar of 24 circuits during 2024.
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