RED Bull chief Christian Horner should step down before the team is ripped apart by his sexting scandal, a former F1 star warned.

British racing legend Johnny Herbert told The Sun that “the Horner show” must end so the team can cling onto their true star, Max Verstappen.

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Brit racing star Johnny Herbert said Christian Horner should step aside in the wake of the sexting stormCredit: AP

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Horner and reigning world champion Max Verstappen are picture at the Saudi Grand Prix on March 9Credit: EPA

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Hebert told The Sun that ‘it’s not about the Christian Horner show, it’s about the Max Verstappen show’Credit: Getty
The ex-Sky Sports pundit, 59, said the storm engulfing Red Bull Racing in the wake of allegations of controlling behaviour made by a female staffer against Horner, 50, is impacting all of F1.

He said: “It’s not a good thing for F1 with the whole thing going on and the belated heat on it.”

Herbert, a three-time Grand Prix winner who raced in F1 between 1989 and 2000, argued: “It doesn’t help the situation for Red Bull who have the best driver in the world at the present time.

“And they’re very close to pushing [Max Verstappen] out off the team, I’ve heard they are getting quite close with the deal with Mercedes.