The Latest Breaking News from Christian Horner

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As silence continues on the progress of Red Bull's weeks-long probe into allegations made against Horner by a female employee, Ford has upped the ante in urging the energy drinks company to get on with matters.

Verstappen was over a second ahead of the rest of the field in Bahrain, giving a glimpse of Red Bull's continued dominance.

There are plenty of storylines to follow as the new cars are put through their paces.

As the most vocal on the matter, his remarks have prompted some to suggest that his worries about the ever-closer ties between Red Bull’s two F1 teams are being fuelled by self-interest.

Providing behind-the-scenes access to one of the world's most restricted championships has done wonders for F1's booming popularity and expanded demographic, so the docuseries made by Box to Box Films has stuck to its guns for season six, half of which we have had early access to.

Toto Wolff has called for the investigation into Christian Horner to be conducted with transparency and said senior figures in F1 had a duty to act as role models

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Red Bull's Austrian parent company instigated an investigation into team boss Horner after allegations of inappropriate behaviour were made by a female employee, which led to him being interviewed by an independent barrister on 9 February.