AN UNCIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT FOR RED BULL’S REINS
01 The start of the new F1 season has clearly shown that the winter wasn’t enough for Red Bull’s rivals to catch up and establish a challenge to the dominant force. The team itself, however, seems to be doing everything possible to destroy itself from within. Over first few months of the new year a scarcely credible civil war has unfolded within the camp.
There is every reason to believe the spark that eventually ignited the flames came back in December, when a grievance filed by one of Red Bull Racing’s female employees against her boss, Christian Horner, reached the human resources department at the energy drink manufacturer’s headquarters in Austria. In early February the details of the dispute, which at the time appeared to be internal, emerged. One of the largest Dutch newspapers, De Telegraaf, reported the fact of an investigation, backed up by confirmation from Red Bull GmbH. The article described the allegations against Horner as those of inappropriate conduct.
Shortly after the launch of the RB20, it was again – whose
