Geri Halliwell lands in Bahrain on a personal jet to fulfill Horner

Geri Halliwell has touched down in Bahrain to be along with her crisis-hit husband Christian Horner.

Mail Sport understands the previous Spice Girl landed on a personal jet on Thursday night time forward of Saturday’s opening grand prix within the Gulf kingdom.

However, the 51-year-old popstar left the UK earlier than an incendiary electronic mail claimed to show flirtatious WhatsApps exchanges between Horner, the Red Bull workforce principal, and a feminine worker. The electronic mail was despatched anonymously to 149 members of the F1 neighborhood and contained lots of of messages.

Horner, who was cleared by an inside Red Bull investigation earlier this week into claims of ‘coercive behaviour’, is now combating for his £8million-a-year job – whereas his spouse of 9 years is alleged to have gone into ‘meltdown’ on the explosive new leaks.

Halliwell, who flew over on property billionaire Tony Gallagher’s aircraft, has not but been seen within the paddock.

One insider advised Mail Sport: ‘She took off before the email landed. I don’t know whether or not she might be on the race however it is going to be mayhem if she is.

‘It would be nuts. She may even be flying home.’

As she arrived, her husband has pulled from the pit wall into a gathering with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. 

The couple had breathed a collective sigh of reduction on Wednesday when Red Bull cleared Horner of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour allegations following a probe into his alleged relationship with the worker.

But on Thursday, a collection of WhatsApp texts and pictures had been launched to dozens of journalists and key figures in sport, throwing the scandal again into the general public into the highlight as soon as once more.

Horner vowed to battle on inside hours of the scandal deepening, and was at present pictured in his Red Bull gear forward of follow for the Bahrain Grand Prix, which begins tomorrow. 

It comes as buddies near Halliwell, who stood by her husband of 9 years resolutely all through the inner probe, revealed she is ‘having the meltdown to finish all meltdowns over the leaks’.

The mother-of-two has been left ‘feeling humiliated’ after the messages had been unfold ‘so broadly on the market’, a buddy added.

Hundreds of intimate WhatsApp exchanges purportedly between Horner and the colleague had been launched by way of an nameless electronic mail account.

Horner was solely cleared by Red Bull’s Salzburg-based father or mother firm – and advised he may keep on as workforce principal of the world-championship on a £8million-a-year-salary – 24 hours earlier than the texts dropped.

Halliwell had advised buddies that she was ‘relieved and elated’ that the claims towards her companion, with whom she shares seven-year-old son Monty, had lastly been dropped.

Friends of the ex-Spice Girl advised the Mail she thought the scandal had ‘lastly gone away’ however have warned the looks of the intimate messages – to which there are 79 screenshots – may ‘destroy’ her.

One stated: ‘All alongside Christian promised there was nothing in it.’

Another stated he now fears for the way the star, who has been left mortified on the embarrassing fall out, will be capable to comprehend such a public humiliation.

He stated: ‘Geri has been dwelling on this joyful, joyful bubble for therefore a few years now, she thought she had her prince and her knight in shining armour however now this.

‘She thought that it had all gone away, she was delighted and over the moon when she discovered Christian had been cleared.

‘Geri was pilloried when she obtained along with Christian as a result of he had simply had one other child with one other lady however she has labored exhausting to rid that picture of herself and Christian, and particularly that she is a homewrecker.

‘Now it has all come crashing down. The tears stopped when the judgment got here in on Wednesday, now they completely can have began once more. 

‘This will destroy her. All alongside Christian promised there was nothing in it.’

One supply near the star stated that she ‘wasn’t positive what to consider’ all through the saga however was decided to get by means of it with their marriage unscathed.

‘Geri is not any fish spouse however she lastly obtained the person she wished and he or she will not need to let him go. This may find yourself being an enormous dilemma for her,’ the supply stated.

The tranche of messages had been despatched to FIA president Mohammad Ben Sulayem and F1 chief government Stefano Domenicali. All the workforce principals had been copied in, together with star driver Max Verstappen’s father Jos.

Earlier this month Halliwell had briefly unfollowed world champion Verstappen on Instagram after the allegations towards Horner first got here to gentle. Sources near the star stated final night time that this was an ’emotional response’ which she thought would go unnoticed.

Reigning world champion Verstappen was quizzed forward of the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday over whether or not Red Bull’s probe into Horner had impacted or altered the workforce’s preparations for the season.

The Dutchman, insisting that his focus has not been altered, replied: ‘It would not. I’m very centered on simply the efficiency of the automobile and myself.

‘Hopefully it is going to be resolved very quickly. It’s an entire workforce effort that everybody has to stay collectively and work to extra success, in order that’s why it is essential to get all the things resolved very quickly.

‘(Horner) is essential in any other case he would not have been in that place for such a very long time.’

The intense highlight on Horner in latest weeks had already began to take a pressure on the couple’s residence life – which they cut up between their farmhouse, and stables, in Oxfordshire and a house in North London. 

A supply near the pair stated final night time the previous few weeks had been ‘hell for Christian and his household’ and he had at all times branded the claims as being ‘nuts’.

‘Geri is devastated and has been struggling to eat and sleep. Her household and fellow Spice Girls are anxious about her,’ the supply stated final week forward of Horner being cleared.

‘I hear Christian is attempting to pep her as much as keep constructive, however she has gone to floor in the way in which she did after she left the Spice Girls. She’s not chatting with anybody.’ 

Shortly after the leak yesterday, Horner launched a press release which learn: ‘I cannot touch upon nameless hypothesis, however to reiterate I’ve at all times denied the allegations.

‘I revered the integrity of the unbiased investigation and absolutely cooperated with it each step of the way in which. 

‘It was an intensive and honest investigation performed by an unbiased specialist barrister, and it has concluded dismissing the criticism made. I stay absolutely centered on the beginning of the season.’

Announcing its conclusion on Wednesday, the corporate stated: ‘The unbiased investigation into the allegations made towards Mr Horner is full, and Red Bull can affirm that the grievance has been dismissed. 

The complainant has a proper of enchantment. Red Bull is assured that the investigation has been honest, rigorous and neutral. ‘

Horner, who has gained 13 world championships since heading the workforce as a 31-year-old in 2005, had beforehand thanked his ‘very supportive spouse’ for her backing through the accusations.

Halliwell and Horner blended in social circles earlier than they struck up a romance, having first met one another on the Monaco Grand Prix in 2009.

‘[Geri] was a visitor of [former CEO of the Formula One Group] Bernie Ecclestone’s in Monaco one yr and got here down the pit lane,’ Horner beforehand advised The Telegraph. ‘I keep in mind [McLaren boss] Ron Dennis was standing subsequent to me and Eddie Jordan was there as nicely.

‘She gave Ron a kiss on the cheek, and he or she gave Eddie a kiss on the cheek. So I assumed, ‘OK, I’m on for a kiss on the cheek right here!’ And I went to provide her one and he or she shoved her hand out at me.’

Their relationship, nonetheless, obtained off to a rocky begin, coming underneath fireplace after the Red Bull chief left his long-term companion Beverley Allen six months after she gave delivery to their daughter Olivia.

While the couple took a brief break to see if Horner may rescue his relationship with the mom of his youngster, simply 9 months later he introduced his engagement to Ginger Spice in an commercial within the The Times in 2014.

It stated: ‘The engagement is introduced between Christian, son of Mr and Mrs G.M. Horner and Geraldine, daughter of the late Mr L.F. Halliwell and Mrs A Parkinson.’

The former Spice Girl and Red Bull boss tied the knot at St Mary’s Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, in 2015.

Halliwell’s A-line lace bridal robe was designed by British designer Phillipa Lepley.

Her nine-year-old daughter, Bluebell, whom she had with screenwriter Sacha Gervasi in 2005, additionally attended the marriage.

Guests included Geri’s former Spice Girls co-star Emma Bunton, radio presenter and singer Myleene Klass, and TV presenter Amanda Holden.

Christian’s mother and father had been reportedly left devastated when the sporting skilled left Ms Allen to be with the chart-topping star and subsequently selected to not see the duo tie the knot.

A supply near the couple beforehand stated: ‘Geri and Christian are upset that his mother and father aren’t coming.’

Horner has gained 13 world championships since heading the workforce as a 31-year-old in 2005. He was then the youngest workforce principal on the grid, but is now its longest-serving.