Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has “lost support” amid an ongoing investigati🍸on into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour, insiders have revealed.

Horner, who led Red Bull to a record-breaking 2023 season in which the team won 21 of 22 races as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen claimed his third consecutive world championship, has dꩲenied any wrongdoing.

But reports t🧜hat Horner has “lost support” within the orga🐟nisation and could be replaced by Red Bull team manager Jonathan Wheatley on an interim basis if Horner were to step down.

“Whether the Thai side, which is traditionally close to Horner and holds 51 percent of Red Bull, can save the Briton will probably depend on the results of the independent invest⛎igation,” the report states.

“The internal power struggle that Horner♕ had instigated against Dr. Helmut Marko is said to have nothing to do with the affair. Head of Motorsport Dr. Marko is said t🐬o have no ambitions to take over the post in Milton Keynes.”

Respected F1 journalist Joe Saward reports that any d♔eparture for Horner could impact the future of Red Bull design guru Adrian Newey.

“It has long been believed that Christian Horner and Adrian Newey have contracts tꦚhat protectꦛ one another. If one leaves the other can as well,” he said.

While Red Bull have not disclosed the natu🐈re of the complaint, BBC Sport understands the ওclaims relate to an allegation of inappropriate behaviour of “a controlling nature”.

Horner told Dutch newspaper De Telegraa🃏f: “I completely deny these claims.”

Red Bull will launch their 2024 F1 challenger on February 15 before the new se🐷ason begins on March 2 in Bahra🌊in.