Fresh details have emerged about Red Bull F1 team princip⭕al Christian Horner’s investigation following a complaint of inappropriate behaviour.

Horner, 50, is being quizzed by an independen꧙t lawyer on the allegations, which he has denied, tod⭕ay in London.

It is understood that the claims made by a female member of staf👍f relate to an allegation of controlling behaviour.

Sky Sport🐷s reporter Craig Slater has revealed the latest information on the investigation, which he says “could go on for a while”.

“I have 🥂been guided away from expecting an outcome to this investiga🍨tion today,” Slater told Sky Sports News on Friday.

“I think you’re right not to call it a hearing which is what it’s been mostly described as. I think this is more of a meeting and an interview by the investigators with Christian Horner which will be, as I understan𒀰d it, in a central London location today rather than at the team’s headquarters in Milton Keynes. So I’m not expecting an ou🔯tcome today.

“Clearly [it is] a very sig🔯nificant day. We know that Red Bull are taking this investigation very seriously. There’s an allegation of inappropriate behaviour by Christian Horner by a female member of꧙ staff and I understand that relates to controlling and potentially coercive behaviour.

“That’s what we’re looking at here in terms of what Chris🔯tian Horner is being accused🥀 of.

“He has emphatically denied the allegations and is going toꩵ work to clear his name but this could be the first step, I’ve been led to understand, in a ꦰprocess which could go on for a while.

“It’s the first interview with Christian Horner, there might be the ꦡpotential for a second interview, I think he is prepared for that and is expecting it to be quite a long day.

“As I understand th♓at, I think we’re talking about a process which will start sometime mid-morning and will continue intoﷺ the afternoon, the investigators have pledged to be very thorough with this.

“For those thinking that this could ꦆeither be concluded today or possibly in advance of the Red Bull 🔥launch, which is the 15th of February next Thursday, well that isn’t a certainty.

“This is not going to operate as I understand it to a Formula 1 timetable, it will ope♛rate to a timetable appropriate to get a clear and fair solution for both parties.”

Sla𝓰ter dismissed speculation𝓡 that the investigation is somehow related to an ongoing power struggle behind the scenes at Red Bull.

"If you go online you'll read a lot about this. I think it's wrong♔ to consider it in t𓃲hese terms,” he explained.

"The guidance 𒉰I've had from Milton Keynes is that it's not a battle between Salzburg and Milton Keynes for control of this racing team.

"Remember this was an organisation founded by Dietrich Mateschitz, the billionaire part-owner of the drinks firm. He passed away a few months ago and since then Oliver Mintzlaff, the former Red Bull Leipzig executive, has been running the ge⛎neral sporting operation.

"But it has been explained to me like this, it would be old fashioned that an inve🗹s𝓡tigation like this would be governed by a power struggle going on elsewhere.

"You might read stories about Bernie Ecclestone potentially intervening on his🎶 friend Christian Horner behalf with the Thai majority owners of the Red Bull drinks firm - that's a kind of old fashioned view of the way F1 power politics used to unfoꩵld.

"There's a lot of talk of is Christian Horner as close to ace designer Adrian Newey as he used to be. Is there a little bit of a gap there and does that make Christian Horne൩r more expendable?

"Again, while that might have some kind of ramification if Christian Horner 🌸does go, it should have no bearing whatsoever on this investigation as it unfolds.

"So let's see what happens ♓today and if we get anꦰy more detail on how this is going to proceed.

"But my guidance i♔s that this could well stretch past the the launch of Red Bull's 20th racing car, which is next Thursday, and who knows, might it not even be concluded before pre-season testing begins."