MAX VERSTAPPEN backed his beleaguered Red Bull boss Christian Horner as the sexting storm rumbled on. Verstappen, 26, said: “He is fully committed to the team, he’s also here for the performance. “When I look at how Christian operates within the team, he has been an incredible team boss, so absolutely, from the performance side of things, you can’t even question that. Horner, 50, was cleared in an internal investigation of any wrongdoing towards a female staffer on Wednesday. A Red Bull insider said she even approved of the woman working in Horner’s team. It comes after a mole close to the Red Bull Racing camp allegedly detonated the Christian Horner sexting scandal in a bid to oust the F1 team boss, The Sun revealed.

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