I think that this is all bluster on the part of Jos Verstappen to oust Horner from his role. It's obvious that there's little love lost between Verstappen senior and Horner, especially after Horner had him removed from the RB garage last season. Jos is a pretty toxic character at the best of times.Looks like the Horner saga isn't going to go away!
Rumours of Jos talking to Toto. Not sure how I'd feel about Max in a Silver Arrow
That would indeed be a true leveller!Don't watch these days. But wud be interesting to see stappen do better than Lewis in mb. I doubt..
I think that this is all bluster on the part of Jos Verstappen to oust Horner from his role. It's obvious that there's little love lost between Verstappen senior and Horner, especially after Horner had him removed from the RB garage last season. Jos is a pretty toxic character at the best of times.
I doubt that Verstappen junior will leave RB this side of 2026, especially whilst Newey remains in charge of design. The RB20 is a known quantity and even at this stage obviously better than anything else on the track at the moment. He'd be a fool to give that up with potential championships in the offing. The power plant changes in 2026 will be another matter entirely.
It's suspicious that we have the story about alleged WhatsApp messages between Horner and a female colleague leaked to a Dutch newspaper first. If these messages related to the recent complaint then I think that the woman in question would have already passed them on during the investigation and Horner wouldn't have been cleared.
I don't think that RB have covered anything up, as their CEO publicly stated that he wants Horner gone. I suspect that the whole scenario is a political exercise to eject Horner without severance pay. He's obviously rubbed a lot of people at RB up the wrong way.
What a cutthroat business it is. Imagine poor George's feelings if Max does get the seat!It maybe Jos is using this to get Max out of RB and into MB
What exactly is Jos Verstappen's current job title?It is turning into a witch hunt, apparently Horner is now suing an F1 magazine for publishing new allegations and naming his accuser.
I think the WA messages are fabricated and Jos is getting too big for his boots and probably wants the TP role for himself
I suspect not. The telling point is that the files released are apparent screenshots of WhatsApp messages. As such they are a less reliable source than actual WhatsApp messages, which have far more information embedded within them that can be used to pinpoint time, date and source of origin.These new leaks, are they real?
What a blow after a cracker of a weekend last week, I’m going to assume he’ll miss the next race too with recovery?
Agreed, and he wasn't just lucky - he pulled off a couple of cracking overtake moves against much more experienced drivers.Well done to Oliver Bearman. First time performance in F1 deserves praise. He might not have been happy with it, but he should be.
What a blow after a cracker of a weekend last week, I’m going to assume he’ll miss the next race too with recovery?