Will Ginger Spice stand trackside by Red Bull boss Christian Horner amid sexting scandal?
As F1 stars and their WAGs speed into Melbourne, whispers are swirling around Red Bull boss Christian Horner — and all eyes will be on his wife, former Spice Girl Geri Haliwell.
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Rev your engines, ladies. F1 racing drivers are hot lapping to Melbourne and already cruising the dating apps.
Seems the hips do lie, with Lewis Hamilton’s on-again-off-again squeeze Shakira long gone from the scene and the Mercedes main man back on celebrity dating site Raya.
The F1 Wags such as Daniel Ricciardo’s girlfriend Heidi Berger and Max Verstappen’s Brazilian model Kelly Picquet are all said to be making an appearance at the Melbourne Grand Prix.
Fun fact: Kelly is the daughter of three-time F1 world champion Nelson Piquet and she was previously in a relationship with F1 driver Daniil Kyvat.
Elsewhere, whispers are US tennis star Taylor Fritz’s tennis WAG (or TWAG) Morgan Riddle loved her time in Melbourne so much during the Australian Open she will be back for a red carpet strut at the Glamour On The Grid event on Wednesday leading up to the big race.
But let’s get real. The real juice ready to rumble Down Under is the intrigue around Christian Horner when he arrives with his Red Bull Formula 1 team. All eyes will be on wife Geri Halliwell, best known as Ginger Spice.
Will she be dutifully holding his hand as the doting partner amid the sexting scandal and sexual harassment claims?
The allegations against the 50-year-old, long-serving principal of F1’s dominant racing outfit emerged last month and were swiftly denied. Then came the treasure trove of WhatsApp messages, which were leaked to hundreds of recipients.
Whether Ginger Spice shows a united front in Melbourne this week remains to be seen amid rumours, emphatically denied, that Horner would be sacked before the start of the Albert Park race.
Halliwell has been in floods of tears over the accusations but is being strongly supported by Mel B and the other Spice Girls.
Meanwhile, the woman who made the allegations against Horner has been suspended by Red Bull, where she works, and may appeal the decision clearing Halliwell’s husband. She remains anonymous, but that could soon change as further leaks are being threatened against the Red Bull F1 boss.
With teams and drivers arriving in Melbourne this week, the off-track action is driving more rumours than the silly-season driver shuffles.
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