Toto Wolff’s demand to Formula 1 chiefs over Christian Horner probe

Toto Wolff has known as on Formula 1 leaders to deal with the allegations in opposition to Christian Horner with “transparency”.

A member of employees at Red Bull has accused crew principal Horner of ‘inappropriate behaviour’. An impartial barrister is wanting into the claims, which Horner strongly denies.

Two weeks in the past, Horner was questioned by the barrister at a secret location, however there was no replace on how the investigation is progressing. In the meantime, Horner is carrying on together with his common duties and is at pre-season testing in Bahrain this week (by way of the Mirror).

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Mercedes boss Wolff has spoken out for the primary time in regards to the probe into his long-time adversary. The Austrian, who can be on the check, has requested for an intensive investigation into Horner.

Wolff stated: “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 feel what’s essential in that stage is to course of with rigour. I feel for Red Bull it began as an impartial investigation. If that is performed in the proper approach, with transparency and with rigour, I feel that is one thing that we have to have a look at, regardless of 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 forward of the season-opening grand prix on the similar observe on Saturday, March 2.