Formula One’s owners tonight called for Christian Horner’s future as Red Bull team principal to be ‘clarified at the earliest opportunity’. He insisted at Red Bull’s car launch in Milton Keynes last Thursday that he will be at the opening race in Bahrain on March 2. F1, owned by American conglomerate Liberty Media, said: ‘We have noted that Red Bull have instigated an independent investigation into internal allegations at Red Bull Racing. Testing begins in Bahrain on Wednesday, and Horner is again due to be there. Those findings will go to the Red Bull board for their decision on Horner’s position.

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