Max Verstappen issues new comment on Christian Horner with clear message sent to bosses

Max Verstappen has offered his latest thoughts on the ongoing saga surrounding team principal Christian Horner’s future.

Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull handled the Horner saga well (Image: Getty)

Max Verstappen has sent a clear message to the Red Bull hierarchy ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, explaining that the reigning champions must ‘keep the key players’ if they are to continue achieving their current level of success. The Dutchman also believes that the company handled the Christian Horner saga ‘in the right way’.

After Horner was cleared of any wrongdoing following the misconduct allegations from an unnamed female Red Bull employee, the 50-year-old called on the paddock to move past the saga. However, following an appeal from the employee in question, the controversy has bubbled back to the top of the F1 discourse ahead of the Australian GP.

Offering his latest thoughts on the Horner saga, Verstappen explained: “I don’t want to always be too involved with these kinds of things. Because at the end of the day, I’m the driver and I’m here to look at the performance side of things.

Christian Horner remains in his post at Red Bull despite the ongoing controversy (Image: Getty)

Since news of the investigation into Horner broke at the start of February, the futures of multiple key figures have been placed into question. Helmut Marko was briefly placed under investigation by the company for an alleged role in the leaking of the team principal’s Whatsapp chats, while Pierre Wache and Adrian Newey have been linked with moves away.