Horner has denied the claims and the team has still to make any formal comment regarding the ongoing investigation. Horner has been team principal at Red Bull since the drink manufacturer bought the team when it was Jaguar in 2004. Reports have noted that there is believed to be an internal power struggle in the background at Red Bull Racing. Horner was the youngest F1 team principal when Red Bull appointed him in 2005. He is now the longest serving principal in the paddock and has steered Red Bull racing to extraordinary success during that period. Horner was instrumental in bringing both designer Adrian Newey to Red Bull and Verstappen to F1, when he was just 17 years old.

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