I can’t picture the season starting without some sort of clarification, F1 journalist Louis Dekker told NOS from Bahrain ahead of the start of opening practice on Thursday.
Indeed, every source now acknowledges that the pressure on Red Bull to address the crisis regarding a female employee’s charges has increased significantly.
We all want an investigation that is fair and transparent. Laurent Mekies, the manager of Red Bull’s other F1 team RB, told the Ouest France daily that if feasible, he wanted things to happen quickly.
We also need to remember the assumption of innocence.
F1, the FIA, and Red Bull’s 2026 engine partner Ford have all increased the pressure for an outcome before the Bahrain GP, but the team also needs certainty.
Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher told Bild that Red Bull can only beat itself this year.
Adrian Newey, together with Max (Verstappen), is the father of success, and Adrian’s only goal is to produce a fast automobile. He doesn’t want all of this internal drama, he said.
He departed McLaren because he didn’t get along with Ron Dennis, Schumacher said. Red Bull also needs to exercise caution.
Dutch Grand Prix boss Jan Lammers thinks that if Red Bull succumbs to pressure to dismiss Horner, the dominant team in F1 will be left without its extremely successful long-term CEO.
You’re virtually removing the conductor from the orchestra, he added. It’s all about synergy. Questions are posed, and then the correct answers emerge. If you delete a single part, the entire structure may disappear.
Horner, 50, was supposed to return to Bahrain on Wednesday, and Red Bull’s print media schedule indicates that he would be available for post-race questions on Saturday.
According to sources, once Horner’s fate is revealed, Red Bull does not want to release all of the contents of the accusations. De Telegraaf newspaper alludes to transgressive sexual activity and messages with sexual undertones that occurred over a long period of time.
