Christian Horner is “absolutely” confident he will remain in his post as Red Bull team principal for the F1 seasoꩵn-opener despite being subject to an ongoing investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviou💙r.

Horner made his first public appearance s𝄹ince accusations of controlling behaviour were made aജgainst him by a female colleague as Red Bull launched their 2024 car on Thursday.

The 50-year-old has repeatedly and strenuously denied the allegations and has continued to work as normal for Red Bull while the internal investigation is ongꦐoing.

Horner confirmed he wil𝓡l be in the F1 paddock next week for pre-season testing in Bahrain.

When asked if he wಞas confident he will still be Red Bull’s team boss heading into the new season, Horner t🏅old: "Yeah, absolutely.

"Obviously there's a process that𝔍's ongoing. I'm very focused on the season ahead.”

Speꦗaking in a wider media session, Horner admitted the inquiry had been “a distraction” but insisted it was “business as normal”.

"Inevitably there has been a distraction but the team are very t𝕴ogether," he✱ added.

"Everybody is focused on th꧃e season ahead, so it's been very much business𝓡 as normal. The support has been fantastic.”

He added: "I'm very focused on the season ahead. Great to see the new car launched today and I'm looking forward to seeing it run in Bahrain next weekꦆ. It's business as ༺normal.

"I think everybody's keen to get to a conclusion, but there's a process that has to be respected, that's only right, and♑ in the fullness of time that will be compಌleted.”

Horner also stressed he has the full backing of Red Bull’s owners, des🍃pite reports to the contrary.

"W🐲e're very united,” he said. “We’ve always had treꦬmendous support from the shareholders since Dietrich [Mateschitz]’s passing.

“The shareholders have been incredibly supportive, and you can see the level of investment there is on campus here with powertrains, with the future of Formula 1, that w🅷e're one team."