Geri Halliwell has been pictured for the primary time in Bahrain after jetting over from the UK to face by the aspect of her under-fire husband Christian Horner amid the Crimson Bull principal’s ongoing textual content message scandal.Crimson Bull confirmed on Saturday that Halliwell shall be on the grid throughout the Bahrain Grand Prix in a present of solidarity with Horner after a tranche of WhatsApp messages and images he allegedly despatched to a feminine worker had been leaked.Horner, who reduce a lonely determine as he emerged on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on Saturday morning, was cleared of ‘coercive behaviour in the direction of a feminine colleague’ by Crimson Bull forward of the 2024 season curtain-raiser. Crimson Bull launched an inner investigation into the allegations on February 5. The flirtatious messages allegedly exchanged between Horner and the feminine complainant had been leaked to 149 F1 figures whereas Halliwell was on the flight to see her husband forward of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix.Halliwell, who married the Crimson Bull workforce principal in 2015, went ‘into meltdown’ when she touched down within the Gulf state on a personal jet on Thursday and found the bombshell messages had been plastered throughout social media. The previous Spice Lady arrived hand-in-hand with the Crimson Bull workforce boss forward of the Grand Prix Halliwell and Horner had been pictured making their method into Crimson Bull’s base of operations on the observe The couple regarded in good spirits, displaying a united entrance after days of undesirable headlines Halliwell greeted members of the Crimson Bull workforce within the paddock forward of the Grand Prix All through the probe and because the messages had been leaked, Horner has denied any wrongdoing and was current because the workforce started the defence of their three successive world titles in qualifying on Friday, with Max Verstappen sealing pole place.The world champion was 0.228 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second, whereas Mercedes’ George Russell got here third and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton needed to accept ninth. Each Crimson Bull and Ferrari shared the lead all through the three qualifying rounds, with Crimson Bull undoing the Italian racing workforce simply on the finish of Q3, with Leclerc inserting second and George Russell ending strongly to complete third, 0.306 seconds behind Verstappen.The Dutchman insisted on Saturday morning that he and the remainder of the Crimson Bull workforce had been ‘totally targeted’ on the Bahrain Grand Prix and claimed the controversy surrounding workforce boss is ‘none of our enterprise’. Forward of her flight to the Gulf Kingdom, buddies of Halliwell say that they’re ‘deeply involved’ for her and that she appeared ‘fragile’. One pal proposed that the textual content message scandal has put their marriage ‘in query for the primary time’.However Halliwell’s confirmed presence on the Bahrain Grand Prix signifies a public present of solidarity with Horner, who has insisted all through that his focus is on racing and getting Crimson Bull’s world title defence off to the right begin.Mail Sport reported on Friday that Halliwell plans to be at Horner’s aspect on the pre-race grid, alongside his main ally on the Crimson Bull board, Thai billionaire Chalerm Yoovidhya, who owns 51 per cent of the power drinks firm. One insider informed Mail Sport forward of the GP: ‘She [Halliwell] took off earlier than the e-mail landed. I do not know whether or not she shall be on the race however will probably be mayhem if she is.’It will be nuts. She could even be flying house.’Horner’s future on the organisation nonetheless stays below menace, regardless of Crimson Bull clearing him of wrongdoing earlier this week. Halliwell regarded markedly completely different to what had been anticipated following experiences that she had gone ‘into meltdown’ when she touched down within the Gulf state Geri Halliwell (left) shall be on the grid throughout the Bahrain Grand Prix after jetting over from the UK to carry ‘disaster talks’ together with her husband Christian Horner (proper) Horner took up his place within the Crimson Bull paddock as traditional on Friday as Max Verstappen (left) secured pole place for Saturday’s race, but additionally left the pit wall for talks with the FIA Horner and Halliwell in a vacation {photograph} taken on an unidentified seaside over ChristmasFIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the game’s chief govt Stefano Domenicali and F1 workforce principals together with Mercedes’ Toto Wolff and McLaren’s Zak Brown, in addition to journalists, had been among the many recipients of the e-mail which contained 79 screenshots of messages and images allegedly despatched by Horner.Ben Sulayem admitted that the controversy surrounding Crimson Bull workforce principal is ‘damaging the game’. The FIA and F1’s homeowners Liberty Media had been weighing up their response to the proof now within the public area.It isn’t sure if the messages had been introduced to the Crimson Bull-led investigation, however it’s believed they most likely had been.Now, although, Horner is open to a public trial, whereas probably the most intense strain on his position could also be introduced by the workforce’s sponsors doubtlessly withdrawing their backing.Horner, who left the pit wall on Friday to carry crunch talks with the FIA, urged that he wouldn’t touch upon ‘nameless hypothesis’ and careworn that he has ‘all the time denied the allegations’.On the day of the leaked WhatsApp messages, Horner’s rival workforce principals added to the storm and referred to as for the FIA and Method One to scrutinise Crimson Bull’s resolution.’I simply learn the assertion (regarding Wednesday’s resolution, after a course of Crimson Bull GmbH described as ‘truthful, rigorous and neutral’), it was fairly fundamental,’ mentioned Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. ‘My private opinion is we will not actually look backstage. There’s a girl in an organisation that has spoken to HR and mentioned there was a problem. It was investigated and yesterday the game has obtained the message that it is all effective, we have checked out it.’I imagine with the aspiration as a world sport, on such crucial matters, it wants extra transparency and I ponder what the game’s place is?’McLaren CEO Zak Brown added: ‘It is the accountability in the end of the organisers of Method One, the homeowners of Method One, to be sure that all of the racing groups, their personnel, the drivers and everybody else concerned within the sport are working in a way wherein all of us reside by.’
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Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner arrive hand-in-hand on the Bahrain Grand Prix grid, as embattled Crimson Bull Principal places on public entrance along with his spouse amid leaked textual content message scandal
