Oliver Mintzlaff could be ‘redeployed’ to oversee Red Bull F1 team if Christian Horner goes
Oliver Mintzlaff could take ch♉arge of the Red Bull F1 team if Christian Horner goes, according to a new report.
Red Bull managing director Oliver Mintzlaff could be “redeployed” to oversee the running of the F1 team if 🐠Christian Horner is removed from his position, insiders have revealed.
A hearing into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour made ag😼ainst Red Bull team principal Horner is set to take place on Friday. Horner has denied any wrongdoing and remains in his role while the external investigation🉐 is ongoing.
Red Bull staff “re💧main in the dark about what exactly is happening” and “can only speculate if the intention is to remove Horner from his position or to make a power play that leads to a senior figure from Salzburg taking a more active role in the all-conquering F1 team”, according to .
The British publication goes on to report that “ins🧔iders believe a reshuffle could involve Oliver Mintzlaff, a former football administrator who is the managing director of Red Bull Austria, being redeployed to overs♎ee the team.”
“Since the death of Dietrich Mateschitz, the Red Bull co-🏅founder, in October 2022, Horner has been more vulnerable,” it adds.
“Mateschitz was ♍his great ally and, while Horner continues to enjoy support from Red Bull’s majority sh🐲areholders in Thailand, the relationship with Austria is thought to be more fractured, even if there has been recognition of the fine job he has done, with the team having won 21 of the 22 grands prix last season.”
The Times report that Horner was “caught completely by surprise” by the investigation and had be💯en taking part in a meeting of the F1 Commiౠssion in London on the day the news broke.
Horner is set to “face h🥀ours of intense questioning” on Friday from the King’s Counsel appointed by Red Bull’s parent company to investigate the widely reported allegations of “controlling behavꦜiour towards a female staff member."
The hearing was due to take place at Red B🌠ull’s headqu🦋arters in Milton Keynes but could now be moved to the independent lawyer’s offices in London.
The female member of staff is understood to 🍒have already been questioned and is thought to have included “evidence” as part of her claim.
According to The Times, this will be reviewed over the coming we🌟ekend before Red Bull’s owners are advised “of 🔥the action that needs to be taken early next week”.
Red🙈 Bu❀ll are keen to resolve the situation before the launch of their 2024 F1 car on February 15 - next Thursday.
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