Horner team principal this time next week?
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Whether he did it or not (he probably did) he can’t carry on.
“As to not take the focus away from the team, I have decided to step down” etc etc
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I think by next week, he’ll still have the role but be suspended pending investigation. No way that Red Bull can have completed the investigation yet
I’m not sure he can’t carry on. He’s driven. And if it’s found he’s done nothing wrong, why would he step down?
Even if he does go, Newey is still there, so the team will suffer major damage rather than critical damage.
Tough one this - I voted that he’ll be around but it’s a real 50/50. Or 75/25, or… up to the hearing.
I’d be surprised if he does stay, just based on a logical assessment of the situation.
For someone to make accusations against someone as high profile as he is, and from what I read they went to the parent Red Bull HR not Red Bull Racing HR, it’s going to create media attention, so if it was entirely frivolous then that would be clear cut defamation, and I don’t think anyone would stir up a defamation case against someone as wealthy as he is with RB behind him. It’s possible obviously it’s something like a misunderstanding but then again I imagine the claimant would have sought advice first and was advised it was worth pursuing.
I know there’s been other cases against high profile individuals that has found them innocent, but while he’s obviously innocent until proven otherwise here too, given the high profile nature of the case I would be very surprised if it all turned out to be a fuss over nothing or a misunderstanding.
“Won’t” was probably a better choice of word then “can’t”
He obviously can, but rarely does it play out like that.
Agreed - ‘won’t’ is better, in both of our posts. He doesn’t need the money, that’s for sure - but would anyone (who is proven to have done nothing wrong) bow out of such a successful legacy with such a shitty exit?
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If he’s proven to have done nothing wrong, than as much as the man annoys me I wouldn’t want to see him step down like this.
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Internal power struggles at Red Bull. The owner of Red Bull Austria died last year, and the new head apparently would prefer to replace Horner with his own man.
Horner and Newey both have a ‘key man’ clause in their contracts which means that if one goes, the other can leave too.
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Reports that the specific contractual tie may have been severed? - Adrian Newey 'makes decision' on ditching Red Bull for Ferrari as Horner hearing looms | F1 | Sport | Express.co.uk
And now we wait again… Christian Horner: Hearing into Red Bull team boss ends without resolution - BBC Sport
Well it has been early a week since the poll, and he’s still there. Christian Horner: Red Bull team boss says allegations are 'distraction' - BBC Sport
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Do the six people in the vote who can do the ‘I told you so…’ get Horner swag?
Some winners there…
Ginger Spice is making a fortune from this side-hustle.
Can’t verify this obviously but pretty bad if true. As soon as settlements get thrown around there must be something to it surely.
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Yeah, that does look bad. Sometimes the other side of a story can paint an entirely different picture too, so we’ll have to wait for the facts to see how this one plays out. It doesn’t look great for him based on this info.
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Urgh - I’m only being offered £26/m for 6 months
Edit: although I have just noticed that offer expires tomorrow morning - so maybe it will be replaced with this one you’ve got
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What’s a TV licence? lol
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