Following allegations of a breach between the two, Max Verstappen has emphasized that his relationship with team principal Christian Horner is unaltered.
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Horner is under investigation within the Red Bull operation for claims related to his conduct.
Verstappen, who has won the world championship with Red Bull for the past three years and is under contract until 2028, denied that the development had any effect on his relationship with Horner. “It’s the same as always,” he told reporters and RaceFans at the team’s launch ceremony yesterday. I can tell you that.
“I don’t know who likes to write these kind of things, but between me and Christian it’s like always.”
It is unclear how long the inquiry against Horner and the uncertainties about his future will continue. Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s teammate, said the squad is sticking together in the meantime. “Obviously there are some things out there but the most important thing is we stay together as a team, we work well on the main goal, remembering that we are here for racing and that we love it and we just go racing together.”
“We know that Christian is a key player in our organisation,” he said.
We just want to go racing. We are a race team, and we want to keep the entire team together because we have had such success. It would be fantastic to keep the entire team united and focus solely on racing.
Horner agreed that the probe had been a distraction for the squad, but asserted that it was “business as usual” as they prepared for the new season.
