Red Bull Formula One boss Christian Horner has sought to draw a line under a misconduct controversy as wife Geri Halliwell showed her support by joining him at a season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix dominated by his team.
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But the father of Red Bull's triple world champion Max Verstappen says the team risks being "torn apart" by the scandal.
Speaking to reporters for the first time since an independent investigation cleared him on Wednesday of undisclosed allegations made by a female employee, Horner was keen to turn the talk back to the track.
"It's not been pleasant ... but the focus is now very much on the cars," Horner said after the 26-year-old Verstappen led Sergio Perez to a Red Bull one-two at the floodlit Sakhir desert track.
"My focus has very much been on what's going on on the track. The result today demonstrates where the whole team's focus is."
Triple world champion Verstappen led every lap untroubled from pole position and also claimed a bonus point for fastest lap.
Before the race, the 50-year-old Horner had walked into the paddock hand-in-hand with Spice Girls singer Halliwell.
Their joint appearance amounted to a show of defiance after an anonymous email purporting to contain evidence submitted as part of the investigation was on Thursday sent to recipients including the president of governing body the FIA, Formula 1's chief executive, rival team bosses and journalists.
The email dropped a day after Horner had been cleared of the allegations.
"I'm not going to comment on what motives whatever person may have for doing this," Horner said referring to the anonymous email.
"I have the support of an incredible family, of an incredible wife, of an incredible team and everybody within that team.
"My focus is on going racing and winning races and doing the best that I can."
Jos Verstappen, father of Max and himself a former F1 driver, told Britain's Daily Mail there would be "tension" at Red Bull while Horner remains in position.
"The team is in danger of being torn apart," he said.
"It can't go on the way it is. It will explode.
"He is playing the victim, when he is the one causing the problems."
The Briton is the sport's longest-serving team boss, having led Red Bull into Formula One in 2005.
Last year, Horner guided the Milton Keynes-based team to their sixth constructors' title with 21 wins from 22 races in the most dominant campaign in the sport's history.
When asked if he was confident of staying on at Red Bull, Horner, who has repeatedly denied the allegations against him, said: "Absolutely. I've always been entirely confident that I would be here.
"There was a full, lengthy internal process that was completed by an independent KC (barrister) and the grievance that was raised was dismissed. End of, move on."
Australian Associated Press
