F1 News: Max Verstappen’s Stance is Revealed to Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s Request to Support Christian Horner

The Christian Horner case has been looming around the F1 community for a while now and although the investigation is concluded, the matter is not resolved. Just 24 hours after the verdict was out, an anonymous leaker forwarded an email to almost every important figure in F1 with personal chats of Christian Horner. This stirred up the community and Jos Verstappen was not happy about this.

Max Verstappen, Jos’ son, is very close to Christian Horner but after the investigation started, the Dutch driver moved his focus towards his performance. FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem reached out to the 3-time world champion and asked him to support his team principal. But as we have seen until now, Max Verstappen has only avoided questions about the investigation and diverted the topic to the team’s performance.

Max Verstappen wants nothing to do with the team politics

Mad Max has been approached by Mohammed Ben Sulayem with a request to support his team principal during these tough times, but looks like the Dutch driver does not want any part of this. Max Verstappen has been avoiding all questions about Christian Horner and has stated on multiple occasions that he trusts Red Bull with making the right decision and he trusts the process. But there was never a word to defend his team principal.

This is what caused Mohammed Ben Sulayem to step in and ask the driver to support Horner. This was done because the investigation has been hurting the image of Formula One and this is what Ben Sulayem wants to try to rectify. But while on one hand, it’s the president of the FIA, on the other, it’s Max’s father, Jos.

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The 51-year-old former Dutch driver has been against Christian Horner being in that role ever since the leaks were circulated. This was brought to the attention of Max Verstappen who has now been rumored to consider Mercedes as an option in case Red Bull falls apart.

Will Christian Horner continue being the Red Bull team principal?

Christian Horner has been announced innocent of his accusations. Red Bull GmbH has made the announcement and Horner will be with Red Bull for the season. However, there is no assurance that he will get to keep his position after this season.

Things are very unstable within the Formula One world and all the teams are putting pressure on each other. But with such an accusation on a team principal, the whole sport is affected. Formula One has always been an inclusive sport and having such an incident dents the image of the sport.

Whether Red Bull will replace Horner is something only time will tell, and the same goes for Max Verstappen being with the team. With that said, what is your take on the same? Let us know in the comments below.

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