Christian Horner, husband of Spice Lady Geri Halliwell and star of Netflix‘s wildly in style F1 docuseries Drive to Survive, has been fired from his position as Crimson Bull workforce principal efficient instantly.
The sacking comes almost a yr and a half after Horner was accused of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling habits by a feminine worker. An investigation into the claims by the workforce’s mum or dad firm Crimson Bull GmBH later cleared the Briton.
“Crimson Bull has launched Christian Horner from his operational duties with impact from right now,” the corporate mentioned in a press release on Wednesday. He had been Crimson Bull’s solely workforce principal since its inception in 2005.
The workforce, because of famous person Dutchman Max Verstappen, have claimed immense success lately with varied Constructors and Drivers’ Championship titles. That they had beforehand dominated from 2010-2013 when Sebastian Vettel gained 4 back-to-back titles.
Since final season, nevertheless, they’ve more and more struggled and made powerful selections on the second seat. Japanese star Yuki Tsunoda now races alongside Verstappen after Sergio Perez was ditched by Crimson Bull forward of the beginning of the present season.
Horner has been changed as workforce principal and chief government of Crimson Bull Racing by Laurent Mekies, who has been promoted from junior workforce Racing Bulls.
“We wish to thank Christian Horner for his distinctive work over the past 20 years,” mentioned Oliver Mintzlaff, Crimson Bull’s chief government of company tasks and investments. “Together with his tireless dedication, expertise, experience and modern pondering, he has been instrumental in establishing Crimson Bull Racing as some of the profitable and engaging groups in Method 1.”
“Thanks for every part, Christian, and you’ll ceaselessly stay an vital a part of our workforce historical past.”