Christian Horner is “absolutely” confident he will remain in his post as Red Bull team principal for the F1 season-opener despi💛te being subject to an ongoing investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour.

Horner made his first public appearance since accusations of controlling behaviour were made against him by a fema♐le colleague as Red Bull launched their 2024 car on Thursday.

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

Horner confirmed he will be in the F1 paddock next w🍸eek for pre-season testing in Bahrain.

When asked if he was confident he wiܫll still be Red Bull’s team boss heading into the new season, Horner tℱold: "Yeah, absolutely.

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

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

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

"Everybody is focused on the season ahead, so it🦄's been very much business as normal. The support has been fantastic.”

He added: "I'm ve✨ry focused on the season ahead. Great to see theꦰ new car launched today and I'm looking forward to seeing it run in Bahrain next week. 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 cꦆompleted.”

Horner also stresseꦰd he has the full bacꦏking of Red Bull’s owners, despite reports to the contrary.

"We're verꦑy united,” he said. “We’ve always had tremendous 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 fu🍷ture of Formula 1, that 𓆉we're one team."