霍纳首次回应任职红牛期间的不当行为指控
克里斯蒂安·霍纳在离开红牛车队15个月后，接受《60分钟澳大利亚》采访，首次公开回应任职期间针对他的不当行为指控，态度强硬。
克里斯蒂安·霍纳在新采访中回应了此前的不当行为指控
克里斯蒂安·霍纳已就其在红牛任职期间针对他的不当行为指控作出回应
克里斯蒂安·霍纳，红牛车队领队
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尽管克里斯蒂安·霍纳已被证明没有任何不当行为，但围绕他在红牛车队最后几个月的指控仍然引发车迷们的质疑。如今，在他离开车队15个月后，霍纳终于首次打破沉默，谈及那段时光。
在接受澳大利亚《60分钟》节目采访时，这位前车队领队以毫不妥协的强硬态度回应了这些指控。
2023年12月，一名女员工针对霍纳提出正式申诉，指控其存在不当和控制性行为。经过外部专业大律师进行的大规模独立调查，红牛有限公司于2024年2月28日正式证明霍纳没有任何不当行为。
事情并未就此结束。在他被证明清白后仅24小时，一封匿名邮件被泄露给数百名F1记者、车队领队和国际汽联高管，其中包含一个文件，内有79张据称是霍纳与投诉人之间的WhatsApp聊天截图。
克里斯蒂安·霍纳，红牛车队领队
霍纳坚持自己的清白立场，毫不退让。
“听着，我否认所有针对我的指控，”霍纳在直播中坚定地表示。
在最初的澄清之后，投诉人提出了正式上诉，从而触发了第二次调查。2024年8月8日，红牛有限公司宣布，第二位独立律师也驳回了上诉，第二次完全洗清了霍纳的罪名。
当被问及是否有任何遗憾，或者是否希望自己当初以不同方式处理那段动荡时期时，霍纳没有退缩。
“我认为关于这件事，大概已经写得够多、说得够多了……对我来说，现在重要的是向前看，而不是向后看，”霍纳说。“所以没有遗憾。你看，我认为，正如我所说，我遵循了程序；我相信这个程序；它两次被驳回。你继续前进，你知道，你专注于你人生、职业生涯中的下一个挑战，当然还有家庭的优先事项。”
在整个磨难过程中，霍纳与妻子、前辣妹组合成员杰里·哈利维尔展现出团结一致的形象，最引人注目的是在2024年巴林大奖赛上，匿名泄露事件刚见诸报端后，两人手牵手走过围场。
回顾往事，霍纳将当时围绕此事的大部分轰动效应归因于他备受瞩目的婚姻，以及Netflix的《极速求生》所助推的超常名人地位。
杰里·哈利维尔、克里斯蒂安·霍纳、红牛车队、《极速求生》第七季
“显然，作为一个公众人物、一对公众夫妻，不可避免地会有媒体关注围绕这件事……那段时间确实有大量关注，”霍纳承认。“突然间你就从体育版内页登上了头版……[娶了一位辣妹组合成员]并没有帮上忙。突然间，这反而让事情更加火上浇油。”
红牛最终在2025年7月解除了霍纳的职务，此前经历了一连串内部权力斗争以及赛道成绩的下滑，但人们仍预计他会以某种方式重返围场。
英文原文
Christian Horner addresses past misconduct allegations in new interview
Christian Horner has addressed the misconduct allegations made against him during his Red Bull tenure
Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing
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The allegations surrounding Christian Horner's final months at Red Bull Racing still draw questions from fans despite him being cleared of any wrongdoing. Now, 15 months after his exit from the team, Horner has finally broken his silence on that time.
Sitting down with 60 Minutes Australia, the former team principal addressed the allegations with uncompromising defiance.
In December 2023, a female employee lodged a formal grievance against Horner regarding inappropriate and controlling behaviour. Following a massive independent investigation by an external specialist barrister, Red Bull GmbH officially cleared Horner of any wrongdoing on 28 February 2024.
The story did not end there. Barely 24 hours after he was cleared, an anonymous email containing a file of 79 alleged WhatsApp screenshots between Horner and the complainant was leaked to hundreds of F1 journalists, team principals and FIA executives.
Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing
Horner maintains a hardline stance on his innocence.
"Look, I deny any accusations that have been made against me," Horner stated firmly during the broadcast.
Following the initial clearance, the complainant lodged a formal appeal, which triggered a secondary investigation. On 8 August 2024, Red Bull GmbH announced that a second independent lawyer had also dismissed the appeal, fully exonerating Horner for a second time.
When asked if he had any regrets or wished he had handled the turbulent period differently, Horner did not flinch.
"I think probably enough has been written and said about it... for me it's about looking forward rather than backwards now," Horner said. "So no regrets. Look, I think, as I say, I followed the process; I believed in the process; it was dismissed twice. You move, you know, you focus on the next challenges in your life, your career, and obviously the priorities of your family."
Throughout the ordeal, Horner presented a united front with his wife, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, most notably walking hand-in-hand down the paddock at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix immediately after the anonymous leak hit the press.
Looking back, Horner attributes much of the sensationalism surrounding that time to his high-profile marriage and his outsized celebrity status fuelled by Netflix's Drive to Survive.
Geri Halliwell, Christian Horner, Red Bull Racing, Drive to Survive Season 7
"Obviously as a public person, as a public couple, inevitably there was going to be media attention around it... of which there was significant in that period," Horner admitted. "Suddenly you go from the back pages to the front pages... [marrying a Spice Girl] didn't help. Suddenly that then turbocharged it."
Red Bull ultimately dropped Horner in July 2025 following a string of internal power struggles and a dip in track performance, but a return to the paddock is still expected in one way or another.
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