Toto Wolff makes demand about Christian Horner investigation as Mercedes boss concerned | F1 | Sport

Toto Wolff has stated a need for ‘transparency and rigour’ from the independent investigation into Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. The 50-year-old is facing misconduct allegations from an unnamed employee.

News of Horner’s investigation broke earlier this month following a report from Dutch news organisation De Telegraaf with Red Bull moving to confirm their internal probe into the team principal.

Despite the ongoing investigation, Horner remains active in his post with the long-serving boss present at the RB20 car launch event in Milton Keynes, and on the pit wall at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain for pre-season testing. 

Now Mercedes boss Wolff has now given his thoughts regarding the ongoing investigation. Talking in Bahrain, he said: “Formula One and what the teams do… we stand for inclusion, equality, fairness, diversity and that’s not only about talking about it but living it day in, day out and I think this is the standards that we are setting ourselves.

« We are a global sport – one of the most important sports platforms in the world – and we are role models.

“But having said that, there is a lot of speculation that’s been happening over the last weeks. Speculation that we have heard of, and lots of things that are going on, and what I think is important at that stage for a process with rigour. 

« I think what Red Bull has started as an independent investigation if this is done in the right way with transparency and with rigour, I think that’s something that we need to look at – what the outcomes are and what it means for Formula One and how we can learn from that.

“Because we want to talk about racing cars and we want to talk about the sport rather than these kind of very, very critical topics that are more just a teams’ issue. It’s a phenomenon, or it’s an issue for all of Formula One and in general for every individual that works out there.”

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