Another call for transparency in Horner case: 'This stinks'
F1 News
- Ludo van Denderen
With the Australian Grand Prix this coming weekend, Red Bull Racing hope the focus will be fully on the third race of the season. However, it is predictable that there will also be plenty of talk about the Horner case, which continues to simmer. Last week, for instance, it was revealed that a complaint has been lodged with the FIA's ethics committee by the woman accusing the British team boss of inappropriate behaviour.
Almost immediately, the motorsport federation announced via a short statement that it could not and would not confirm that a complaint had indeed been received. Whether and to what extent it has been dealt with, an FIA spokesperson was certainly unable to say. In any case, this has entered the next phase of the case.
Albers wants more openness
Christijan Albers, a former F1 driver and also working as a team boss in the sport in the past, finds it unfortunate that there is constant talk about the Horner case - and subsequently how this is leading to unrest within Max Verstappen's Red Bull Racing. "On the one hand, it is un-Formula1. We just want to be busy with the sport and what's goingon," Albers said on De Telegraaf podcast.
"On the other hand, you are actually [as Red Bull Racing] a multinational company. Then you have to behave accordingly and act professionally. We all know that something stinks. Because if you go and look, and Zak Brown (McLaren) has also said this: you don't see the reason, there is no openness, there is no transparency. We don't even know who this barrister (the lawyer who did the internal investigation) is, you name it. You know absolutely nada nothing."