India, Feb. 20 -- In line with the Formula 1 organisation, the FIA has now openly acknowledged the ongoing investigation into claims of inappropriate behaviour by Christian Horner, the principal of the Red Bull team. This statement comes two weeks after the first news stories about an internal review came out. Initial reports said that Horner was being investigated by Red Bull GMbH, the Austrian parent company, because of vague claims of misbehaviour from a female employee. Horner has strongly denied doing anything wrong.

The review was mostly about a recent interview on February 9 by a separate lawyer working for Red Bull. Horner went public at the launch of the new RB20 in Milton Keynes on February 15, even though the investigation is ...