Christian Horner vowed to go racing after breaking his silence amid the latest allegations whirling around the Red Bull team principal.
Horner's Formula One future is again in the spotlight after hundreds of WhatsApp messages appearing to be written by him to a female colleague were leaked.
But just 24 hours later, a number of messages and images apparently exchanged between Horner and the complainant were sent from an anonymous email account to 149 members of the F1 paddock - including FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and the grid's nine other team principals, as well as members of the media - on the eve of this weekend's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Domenicali and Ben Sulayem will meet on Friday to discuss the next steps.
Horner was quizzed about the latest allegations as he made his way from Red Bull's hospitality suite to the team's garage for third practice ahead of qualifying.
"I am not going to comment on anonymous speculation from unknown sources," he said. When asked what comes next, Horner replied: "We go racing."
In an earlier statement on Thursday, Horner had said: "I will not comment on anonymous speculation, but to reiterate I have always denied the allegations.
"I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and fully cooperated with it every step of the way.
"It was a thorough and fair investigation conducted by an independent specialist barrister and it has concluded dismissing the complaint made.
"I remain fully focused on the start of the season."
It is understood that neither F1's American owners, Liberty Media, nor its regulator, the FIA, has seen Red Bull GmbH's report into Horner, which is thought to stretch to 150 pages and was said to be "confidential".
