Purple Bull group principal Christian Horner stands in his group storage throughout third apply forward of the Components One Bahrain Grand Prix on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photograph/Darko Bandic)
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — The president of Components One's governing physique has advised the Monetary Instances that the row surrounding Purple Bull group principal Christian Horner is damaging the game, however that the FIA won’t conduct its personal investigation until it receives a grievance.
Forward of Saturday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Mohammed Ben Sulayem stated any grievance made to his compliance officer could be investigated, however had obtained none associated to Horner's state of affairs and “won’t leap the gun,” the paper stated.
“It's damaging the game,” Ben Sulayem advised the newspaper, including that he was talking after a gathering with Horner on Friday. “It's dangerous on a human stage.
On Wednesday, the group's father or mother firm dismissed a grievance alleging misconduct by Horner in opposition to a group worker. A day later throughout apply for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a file stated to include proof in opposition to Horner was emailed to almost 200 individuals within the F1 paddock, together with Liberty Media, F1, the FIA, 9 different group principals and quite a few media shops.
The authenticity of the recordsdata has not been verified by The Related Press; the file comes from a generic e mail account.
Horner denied wrongdoing and stated in an announcement Thursday that he “won’t touch upon nameless hypothesis.”
Three-time defending champion Max Verstappen stated after qualifying on pole on Friday that Horner was “totally dedicated to the group” however that his group boss was additionally “in all probability a bit distracted”.
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