Toto Wolff's demand to Formula 1 chiefs over Red Bull's Christian Horner probe

Publish date: 2024-09-07

Toto Wolff has called on Formula 1 leaders to handle the allegations against Christian Horner with "transparency".

A member of staff at Red Bull has accused team principal Horner of 'inappropriate behaviour'. An independent barrister is looking into the claims, which Horner strongly denies.

Two weeks ago, Horner was questioned by the barrister at a secret location, but there has been no update on how the investigation is progressing. In the meantime, Horner is carrying on with his usual duties and is at pre-season testing in Bahrain this week (via the Mirror).

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Mercedes boss Wolff has spoken out for the first time about the probe into his long-time adversary. The Austrian, who is also at the test, has asked for a thorough investigation into Horner.

Wolff said: "I think it's clear Formula 1, and that the teams too, we stand for inclusion, equality, fairness, diversity. And it's not only about talking about it but living it day in and day out. I think this is the standard that we set ourselves."

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He added: "We are a global sport, one of the most important sports platforms in the world, and we are role models. Having said that, there is a lot of speculation that's been happening over the last weeks. Speculation that we have all heard of and lots of things that are going on.

"I think what's important in that stage is to process with rigour. I think for Red Bull it started as an independent investigation. If this is done in the right way, with transparency and with rigour, I think that's something that we need to look at, whatever the outcomes are.

"What it means for Formula 1 and how we can learn from that because we want to talk about racing cars and we want to talk about this a lot, rather than these kinds of very, very critical topics that are more just the team's issue. So it's a phenomenon, or it's an issue, for all Formula 1 and in general, for every individual that works here."

Pre-season testing concludes on Friday ahead of the season-opening grand prix at the same track on Saturday, March 2.

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