Christian Horner Surprised By Toto And Susie Wolff Investigation

Thursday, 07 December 2023 at 17:00

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner clarified Red Bull had nothing to do with the launch of the investigation against Toto and Susie Wolff.

Toto and Susie Wolff have been accused of alleged conflict of interest recently. Supposedly, one of the team principals anonymously said Toto and Susie shared confidential information with each other that could give them an unfair advantage in their F1 roles.

However, all the Formula One teams put out a statement yesterday, reading they "have not made any complaint to the FIA regarding the allegation of information of a confidential nature."

During his appearance on Sky Sports, Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner said neither he nor his team raised an official complaint.

"We have a big rivalry [with Mercedes] on track but we haven't raised any official complaint either about Susie or Toto or Mercedes to the FIA."

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The Red Bull team principal explained they have been in a very close collaboration with Susie Wolff and he can attest to the fact she is doing a great job.

"In fact, Red Bull has been the team that has got most involved with F1 Academy since its inception, to the point that between the two Red Bull-owned teams, we'll be entering three cars in 2024. So we've been working closely with Susie, who's been doing a great job on F1 Academy."

Horner shared his surprise after finding out about the launched investigation and the allegations and clarified Red Bull had nothing to do with it.

"So I think we, like others, were quite surprised by the statement that came out last night, but it certainly wasn't instigated or required or set off by Red Bull."

After being asked whether he had knowledge about other team that could potentially have done so, the Brit responded:

"We've not raised any official complaint or made any requests to the FIA or to FOM. As far as the other teams, I can't talk on behalf of others. This is an FIA thing, they've taken this action, but as I say, certainly nothing to do with Red Bull."