FUMING Geri Halliwell has demanded her scandal-hit husband Christian Horner cut contact with the female colleague he is accused of sexting. It was also reported that the woman at the centre of the sexts storm has struck up a close friendship with another senior figure in Horner’s Red Bull team. Meanwhile, tensions mounted after top driver Max Verstappen’s dad warned the team will “explode” if Horner, 50, stays. Horner has not commented on the messages, sent anonymously last Thursday to 149 F1 figures including journalists. Meanwhile, Red Bull pulled a promo video over the weekend after trolls targeted Horner’s accuser. A spokesman for Red Bull Racing insisted: “There is no issue and we are focusing on the racing. Horner was sitting on the team’s pitwall during second practice in Bahrain when the email dropped. “I don’t think it’s the teams’ roles and responsibilities.

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