Verstappens dad says Red Bull will explode if Horner stays NBC Chicago [Video]

The Red Bull Formula One team will “explode” if Christian Horner stays on as team principal, according to Jos Verstappen, the father of three-time F1 champion Max Verstappen.

The F1 spotlight has been almost entirely on Horner in the days leading up to the new season, over his alleged behavior toward a team employee.

“There is tension here while he remains in position,” Jos Verstappen told British newspaper the Daily Mail after his son won Saturday’s season-opening race in Bahrain. “The team is in danger of being torn apart. It can’t go on the way it is. It will explode. He (Horner) is playing the victim, when he is the one causing the problems.”

On Wednesday, the team’s parent company dismissed a complaintof alleged misconduct by Horner toward a team employee. A day later during practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a file alleged to contain evidence against Horner — including alleged WhatsApp message exchanges — was …