Christian Horner will make his first public appearance TODAY at Red Bull’s car launch for

Christian Horner will today make his first public appearance, at Red Bull’s car launch, since he was accused of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ by a female member of staff.

The 50-year-old husband of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell will stick to the schedule laid out weeks ago and attend the event at their Milton Keynes factory. ‘Business as usual,’ is the mantra there.

Horner categorically denies the claims. He will face questions from the media over his future as boss of the world championship-winning team but there are likely to be limits imposed on what he will say for legal reasons.

Horner will not be drawn on the specifics of the issue but will confront what the controversy potentially means for Red Bull’s focus on their world championship defence. 

He met the external investigator, a King’s Counsel, last Friday to outline his rebuttal of the allegations in an all-day hearing.

Christian Horner will attend Red Bull’s launch of their 2024 car on Thursday (pictured with wife Geri Halliwell)

The Red Bull team principal has denied accusations of ‘innapropriate behaviour’ made against him 

An image of the Red Bull Racing boss laughing with his team at Silverstone where Red Bull’s new car soared around the track appeared online on Tuesday

 Red Bull had wanted the issue to be dealt with ahead of the unveiling of Max Verstappen’s new car

Red Bull had wanted the issue dealt with ahead of today’s unveiling of Max Verstappen’s new car, an event at which the triple world champion and team-mate Sergio Perez will also be present.

But the legal to-and-fro seems not to have marched to that beat, and will drag on towards or beyond pre-season testing in Bahrain next week or to the first race at the same Gulf venue on March 2.

Horner’s allies claim he is part of a power struggle in the organisation. Geri stands by her man resolutely.

There is no known timescale for the resolution of the issue.

Geri and Christian Horner pictured together – a source claimed she’s in a ‘state of turmoil’ 

Reports had suggested that Bernie Ecclestone (right) advised Christian Horner to step down from his role at Red Bull to avoid damage to wife Geri and his family – though he has denied this

Red Bull were the dominant team in Formula One last year winning all but one race

Verstappen and team-mate Perez took the car out for a shakedown at Silverstone on Tuesday

The launch of the 2024 Red Bull car will take place at the team’s factory in Milton Keynes

Horner has held the role as team principal at Red Bull since they became their own team in 2005