Christian Horner has criticised rivals who he claims tried to “take advant꧟age” of his investigation by Red Bull.

The employee who co⛦mplained against Horner has now ไbeen suspended by Red Bull, after the team principal was cleared of the allegations made against him, which he always denied.

At the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, Horner has been bullish in demanding the aꦍttention on his investigation 🅠ends.

And he insisted that it has allo✤wed unnamed people to seek an ed𝓀ge over him.

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“The only reason that this has gained so much attention, obviously, is because of the leakage, and the tension that has been drawn in the media,” Hor🌸ner said.

“Which has been very, very trying, in many respects�💃�.

“Particularly for my family, because it’s all been focused💮 very much in one direction.

“What has happened🤪, then after, is that others have looked to take advantage of it.

“Unfortunately Formula 1 is a compe♏titive business.

“There’s been obviously elements looki🥃ng to benefit from it. That’s perhaps the not-so-pretty side of our industry.”

Horner insisted he was prohibited from commenting on h𝔍is accuser being suspended by Red Bull.

“It’s a complicated issue because there is a grievance process that takes pl🧸ace in any company,” Horner said.

“That process is confide🐎ntial between the indi﷽viduals.

“I’m not at liberty, unfortunately, due to that confidentiality, 🌸and out of respect to the company and, of course, the other party.

“We’re all bound by the s🃏ame restrictions and so even if I would like to talk about it, I can’t because of those confi🥂dentiality restrictions.”

The added drama within Red Bull is the heated criticism from Max Verstappen’s father🔯 Jos.

Jos had demanded that Horner lose his job iꦜn charge of the F1 team, in the ꦆwake of his investigation.

But Jos is not present in Saudi Arabia, a week after he argued with Horner in Bahraꦗin, because of a pre-arranged rally car race thatꦰ he is competing in.