‘Not the headlines F1 needs’ - Zak Brown’s verdict on Christian Horner controversy
Zak Brown is the latest senior F1 figure to gave his thoughts on the investig🔜ation surroundin꧟g Christian Horner.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown says the controversy surrounding Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is not the “type of headlines that F1 wants or needs”.
Horner is the subject of an internal investigation by Red ꦦBull’s parent company after allegations of inappropriate and controlling behaviour were made by a female colleague.
The 50-year-old Briton🌳 has denied the claims and remains in his post, having travelled to Bahrain to attend F1 pre-season testing.
Brown was the latest rival F1 team boss to weigh in on the situation during Thursday’s𓆏 press conference, saying: “the allegations are extremely seri🐟ous.
“McLaren holds themselves and all the men and women at McLar🧔en to the highest s💎tandards.
“Obviously, diversity and equality and inclusion are extremely important to us, our partners,🌄 to everyone in Formula One.
“Red Bull Corporation, it a🌌ppears, has launched an investigatio✱n.
“And all we hope and assume is that will be handled in a very transparent way, as FIA and Formula One has said, it needs to be hꦰandled it swiftly, because I doꦉn’t believe these are the type of headlines that Formula One wants or needs at this time.
“And I just think it’s important that it’s handled in a transparent way in which there’s no doubt, no doubt whatsoever that it’s been handled appro𓆉priately and whatever the conclusion is that that conclusion is handled in an appropriate transparent m𓃲anner.”
Horner, who was sat alongside Brown in the press co♚nference, refused to comment on the ongoing investigation.
“There is a process underway and since I am part of it, I cannot comment on it,” he said. “We hope🌳 there is a resolution as soon as possible.”
Horne𒊎r added: “I’m really sorry but I really can’t comment🐓 on the process or the time scale.
“I think🤪 obviously everybody would like a conclusion as soon as possible but I’m really not at liberty to comment about the process.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff called for transparenc🍰y as he became the first senior figure to address the investigation into♛ Horner.
"If it is done in the right way with transparency and rigour, we need to look at the outcomes and what it means for F1 and how we can learn from thꦆat," he said on Wednesday.
"We want🌄 to talk about sport rather than these kind of very, very critical topics."
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