The moments Red Bull team principal Christian Horner learned of alleged messages being sent around the F1 paddock has been captured by Drive to Survive.

Horner was dragged into a scandal which dominated the start of the 2024 F1 season after he was accused of coercive, abusive behaviour and sexual harassment by a female employee🦹.

Red Bull GmbH launched an investigation which ultimately cleared the team principal of wrongdoing on the ev💦e of the season-opening Bahrain Gra꧃nd Prix.

Just 24 hours later, an anony💜mous email containing a number of alleged WhatsApp messages between Horner and the employee was sent to members ൲of the media, including mahbx.com, and other members of the F1 paddock.

The controversy surrounding Horner is featured in the seventh season of Netflix’s hit F1 documentary show Dr�༒�ive to Survive, which releases on 7 March ahead of the upcoming 2025 season.

The scandal is foreshadowed at the start of the new sꦫeries, when, during a conversation about Red Bull’s success in 2023, Horner’s wife Geri Halliwell-Horner tells him: "The truth is, you never know what life's going to bring."

Addressing the allegations in Drive to Survive♑, Horner says: "The higher you rise, the sharper the knives. I꧂'d reached the top of my game and I never thought in a million years I'd have a challenge like this in my career.

"It's a crucial time of the year, and the jobꦗ that I do, you're the front face of the organisation. You can either hide away or you can get out there and face it.”

How Horner learned about alleged messages 

Horner describes the mo💮ment he found out abou🌳t the alleged messages.

"At the end of the s🐈econd practice, suddenly my phone starts getting m💜essages and this, that and the other,” he explains. “There’s a bombshell that's dropped with a bunch of alleged messages.

"It was🐓 obviousl𒉰y premeditated to cause me the maximum amount of distraction, the maximum amount of aggravation.”

Horner is captured 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:insulting McLaren CEO Zak Brown while walking back to Red Bull’s hospitality in the Bahrain paddock after his F1 rival ca𝄹lled for trꦐansparency over the investigation.

"Well, you fin♛d out who your friends are don't you?” Horner states.

Ahead of the grand prix on Sunday, Horner and his wife walked into the paddock hand in hand with cameras following their every move in a what 𒅌was an apparent show of solidarity.

The allegations led to calls for Horner to step down from his position and caused political turbulence within the Red Bull camp, resulting in tension between Horner and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen’s father, Jos.

“It was obvious that the e🌄nd goal was for me to leave Red Bull,” Horner adds.