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Naomi Schiff speaks of ‘sadness’ after Christian Horner ‘messages to female colleague leaked’

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Sky F1 pundit Naomi Schiff says she is “saddened” by the current saga surrounding Christian Horner, which has “cast a shadow” over the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Horner, the Red Bull F1 boss, was cleared of “inappropriate behaviour” on Wednesday after a three-week internal probe conducted by an external lawyer, following allegations from a female colleague which were strongly refuted by Horner.

However, just 24 hours from an anonymous source to the sport’s prominent figures and members of the media, allegedly showing conversations between Horner and the complainant. has seen the leaked material, a Google Drive with 79 separate documents, but is unable to verify the authenticity of the content.

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