From: mpconmy@gmail.com   
      
   keithr0  wrote:   
   > On 1/03/2024 5:54 am, Sir Tim wrote:   
   >> I’m no great fan of Christian Horner but, when he was cleared by the   
   >> internal enquiry, I was minded to give him the benefit of any doubt and   
   >> felt that the response of pundits on the BBC F1: Chequered Flag podcast and   
   >> other media was simply demonstrating pique at being robbed of a salacious   
   >> story.   
   >>   
   >> After today’s developments, however, when it was revealed that screenshots   
   >> of phone text conversations and pictures were sent to hundreds of F1 and   
   >> entertainment journalists, as well as leading members of F1, the FIA, and   
   >> the F1 teams, I have to wonder how long Horner can continue as team   
   >> principal.   
   >>   
   >> Is it possible, given the cut-throat nature of F1, that one or more of the   
   >> other teams has connived to disadvantage Red Bull?   
   >   
   > It's hard to think of a better way to destabilise a team.   
      
   I don't think it's the other teams. While it would certainly create a   
   distraction, Red Bull could have easily made this less of a drama. There   
   must be (at least) some in the Red Bull or Red Bull Racing camp who are   
   happy to see this play out.   
      
   The more interesting question to me is who is leaking because it seems   
   to me they are making it look "Dutch" by leaking via the Netherlands.   
   Now, while it could be that it's the Verstappen camp behind it, that   
   would be *really* obvious and unsubtle. It could (obviously) be a   
   double-bluff because no-one would expect them to be so stupid.   
   Alternatively, it could be someone deliberately leaving a trail to let   
   the Verstappens be implicated and further destablise the team.   
      
   I really dislike these kinds of dirty tricks. I have zero time for   
   Christian Horner, but I also dislike people who trade in gossip,   
   innuendo and trying to throw shade by insinuation.   
      
   Let's just get on with the season and, if there's an issue with Horner,   
   let that be dealt with by the proper authorities not by tittle-tattle in   
   the F1 press box.   
      
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