Toto Wolff believes that without more transparency in the investigation, it is difficult to judge

Christian Horner was under internal investigation by Red Bull after an employee’s remarks about “bad behavior” from the British team principal and Geri Halliwell’s husband, one of the Spice Girls, were leaked to the press.

Red Bull issued a statement on Wednesday evening to exonerate Christian Horner of any inappropriate behavior towards his employees, according to an internal investigation conducted by a lawyer appointed for the occasion.

Toto Wolff, while answering in a press conference, explained that a simple statement from Red Bull was not sufficient.

« My personal position is that we can’t really look behind the curtain,” he told the media. « In the end, there is a woman in a company who approached the HR department saying that there was an issue, and it was investigated and the response was a message saying ‘everything is fine, we have looked into the situation’,” explains the Mercedes manager.

» I believe that with this sport, as a global sport, on such critical issues, more transparency is needed and I wonder what is Formula 1’s position on this? We are competitors, we are a team and we can have our own personal opinions or not. But it’s more like a general reaction or action that we need as a sport. We need to assess what is right in this situation, what is wrong.

Formula 1 and the FIA did not react to this matter after they had expressed the need to make a decision quickly.

Zak Brown also speaks about transparency

(e) I read the statement. I think that based on what I have seen, there are still a lot of rumors, speculation, and questions. » McLaren’s director first carefully explained. However, he insists on the impact that team directors can have on the sport and the fans, explaining in particular that transparency must prevail in this case: (e) I think that anyone in a leadership position has a responsibility and authority towards our sport, towards our fans. I believe that all of us in Formula 1 are ambassadors for the sport on and off the track, as seen in other sports, and therefore I think they must ensure that things have been completely transparent.

(e) I do not know what these conversations are and they must be detailed, completely transparent, and they must lead to the same conclusion as the one given by Red Bull and be in agreement with the outcome.

Brown emphasizes that as long as speculations persist and Red Bull does not provide more transparency, it will be difficult to put an end to this story: “But I think that by then, there will still be speculations because there are many unanswered questions about the whole process, and so I think that is what those who run the sport need in order to truly draw a line on this. By then, I think there will always be a certain level of speculation from people, and I don’t think it’s healthy for the sport.”