Christian Horner denies allegations of misconduct after trove of leaked nudes and illicit texts emerge just 36 hours before F1’s opening race
https://fortune.com/2024/02/29/red-b...ak-f1-bahrain/
Christian Horner denies allegations of misconduct after trove of leaked nudes and illicit texts emerge just 36 hours before F1’s opening race
https://fortune.com/2024/02/29/red-b...ak-f1-bahrain/
IMO this whole Horner fiasco was brought about by a power struggle, involving Jos Verstappen, Marko, and others on the board.
At that level, everyone would have skeletons in their closets - as well as dirt on each other.
Honestly, i think this case is going to land up in tears for CH, that's just the way i see this. I do agree with you that Jos V and Marko are involved in ousting CH. Just look at the Dutch news paper and who owns it, yip..........J Verstappen. And most of the leaked info came from his news paper company.
My gut feel is that CH will resign
Drive it like you stole it!
I couldn't agree with you more!
It's juts a pity that this really happening and how sad that CH is giving his son a winning car! What more does this chop want!
Greed is the name of the game in this instance. Jos apparantly wants to be some top guy withing the red bull ranks, hence why is driving these allegations and stirring up this nonsense.
If only someone at Ferrari would take this as an opportunity to speak to CH to " maybe come over ". I mean, Ferrari played the Hamilton card very well, So why not throw CH into the mix ?
Question is, " IF " CH comes to Ferrari, what happens with Fred Vasseur then ? ( this is a tricky one to think out )
Drive it like you stole it!
Latest rumours suggest that toto is giving max lots of money to join Mercedes and the only was this to happen is Horner to be fired. How is those 2 things connected ? And how many years are left on maxs contract?
"If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it." - John Surtees
Absolutely!
Though, I think Vassure is enough.
What I (and everyone else) want, is Newey! :D
Just a guess, but I think if Horner leaves - he's done with F1.
No F1 team would want to hire him because of the bad PR that'll follow him.
Also, I don't think Hamilton would want Horner to join Ferrari because of their past enmity.
That news and the photo along with it, is just a ploy to drum-up more drama as well as pressure to oust Horner.
No sane guy would leave RBR for Mercedes at this point - though, if Newey follows Verstappen to Mercedes it's a possibility (because Merc is also set up in the UK).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68465516
Mohammed Ben Sulayem: FIA president under investigation for alleged attempt to interfere over F1 race
Forza Ferrari
Now that sounds like something that would bring the sport into disrepute.
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
RUMOUR
It's being reported that if Red Bull were to lose Max Verstappen (per AMuS), Adrian Newey would join Ferrari.
Adrian Newey is keen on Ferrari given their new line-up composed of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc as well as the rumored salary of 100$M.
FERRARI FOR EVER !!!!!!!
I would prefer Pierre Wache to Newey. Newey is in twilight of his long impressive career, Wache can be a long term solution.
Last edited by speedmaster; 6th March 2024 at 04:42.
I'd like to believe Horner is innocent in this matter, At least i hope for his sake.
This drive to get rid of him is coming mainly from Jos, and he's hell bent on ridding Horner of his position!
I don't think Horner will leave F1, especially now that all these allegations are thrown at him. He'd want to stay to prove his innocence, that's for sure.
Horner is too valuable to any team should he resign/Leave RB.
Question is, and if this does happen, Will Newey follow him ?
Drive it like you stole it!
Can't RB management see they are disrupting a well oiled machine with 3 pillars- Horner, Newey & Max? Will they be dumb enough to let everything crumble? Let's hope they are dumb and we are able to poach Newey & I don't mind Horner as TP
Top management never sees that. So many companies were destroyed due to this issue. If they have an idea of what they want, it's really hard to fight it, to show them it's not right.
What I think is happeneing is Jos doesn't believe Red Bull with the new engine formula rules of 2026 and wants his son elsewhere. Ford is a big unknown and together with Red Bull they have zero reputation and knowlage in F1 engine development of last years. Ferrari is a no go due to Hamilton but Mercedes has an open seat and history shows us they can make an engine and dominate thanks to it. But Horner won't let Max go. So? Let's destroy him. Push him out through brute force, that opens a clause Max's contract to leave. Red Bull will be basically destroyed by that (Newey, Wache and other brainpower will leave as they have the same clause in their contract), but he doesn't care. Mercedes will happily take Max and probably even some of the engineers who will leave Red Bull. Hopefully not Adrian and Pierre... Ferrari has to outbid Merc hard to get them no matter what.
Last edited by Kyss4k; 5th March 2024 at 13:48.
"If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it." - John Surtees
There's way too much smoke about Newey to Ferrari for it to be pure speculation. Something must be happening behind the scenes, we'll see if anything comes of it, but I'm starting to believe talks have been held between both parties at some point...
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
I've had similar inklings and intuitions too and Hamilton signing may just be the first footstep of the march? I am frankly lukewarm to that but if it's an enticement to Newey then it's worth the shot. I feel very sorry for Sainz in all this but to his great credit he hasn't lost his fire and I think he will continue to do his best in the time he has left with us. Leclerc is still the man our team has the money on and hope he can maintain speed and motivation until the technical side improves. Will there be any role that Ferrari boat racing might play in helping to bring Newey aboard? To be continued.......
Cost cap is already 135m $ so i doubt this source
No it's not coming yet
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