Ferrari have reportedly wasted no time in capitalising on the turbulent situation unfolding at Red Bull and look set to swoop in to ‘poach several key engineers’ from the embattled Formula One team. It comes as much uncertainty has arisen over the futures of world champion Max Verstappen and motorsport advisor Helmut Marko, amid the ‘text leak’ scandal that has surrounded the Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, whose future is also under threat. It comes as Red Bull yesterday have denied claims that Horner would be sacked before Formula One’s next Grand Prix in Australia, after claims had arisen that the team’s shareholders had met in Dubai on Sunday night. After the team launched an investigation into the claims, Horner was subsequently cleared and it had appeared that he would remain in his position. Red Bull had publicly backed their under-fire team principal amid the alleged text leaks, with Marko’s future at the Formula One team coming under some doubt. ‘I was already thinking about leaving at the end of last year, but I also think we should think about Dietrich [Mateschitz’s, the Red Bull founder] legacy, what his ideas were and where they took us.

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