Brundle reacts to Horner being cleared: 'Very CURIOUS business'

Now that the investigation has cleared Christian Horner of any inappropriate behaviour he was accused of, there is plenty of talk about the case that has gripped the Formula 1 world in recent weeks. Martin Brundle shines his light on the situation for Sky Sports.

Red Bull GmbH, Red Bull Racing's parent company, ordered an independent investigation following a complaint from a staff member. That investigation dragged on and, in the meantime, Horner appeared as usual in his role as team boss at Red Bull Racing's car launch, as well as at the winter test in Bahrain.

Martin Brundle on Horner's acquittal

On Wednesday, Horner travelled again to Bahrain, where this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix will be held. Once there, Red Bull released a statement clearing the team boss. "Red Bull, the parent company, have drawn a very thick and firm line underneath the matter as far as they’re concerned with that statement," said Brundle.

"It does say they complainant can take further action against this but they are clear. They have done a deep investigation and talked for hours, many pages of documents have been generated, so clearly there was something to talk about," he added.

"Christian Horner has always strenuously denied all wrongdoing on this and they are literally like ‘case closed and complete’. I find this a very curious business. We knew no facts whatsoever about this story, lots of echoes, lots of rumours that swirl around. We can only go by that statement and it looks like a line drawn underneath it and let’s see if anything else comes out of that from third parties," Brundle said.