Verstappen started the season by winning both races so far, but victories in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been overshadowed by unspecified allegations of misconduct against Horner by a Red Bull employee.
Horner, who has denied the allegations, was acquitted, but the unnamed woman lodged an appeal after her complaint was dismissed, British media reported last week, saying the controversy has continued to rage in the run-up to the Australian Grand Prix Sunday.
Verstappen said he did not want to get too involved in off-track matters because his role is to perform in the car.
“But as far as I know, everything is being handled the right way”The Dutchman told reporters in the Albert Park paddock on Thursday. “I’m not going to go into more details on that side because I don’t know more than that. And I don’t want to know either because that is not my job or my task within the team”.
Verstappen, who has won the last three world championships with Red Bull, said the internal controversies had no impact on his performance or comfort within the team, although he hoped attention could return to his results on the track.
“For me it’s very easy to get back in the car and perform”he added. “Would we have liked more talk about our car? Probably, yes. But we just try to keep working on performance and keep winning”.
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