GERI Horner and Christian Horner cuddled up during the podium celebrations at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in another public show of unity.

Geri, 51, stood by the 50-year-old Red Bull Racing chief in his team’s hospitality suite before the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah.

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Christian Horner and Geri in Jeddah this eveningCredit: Reuters

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The couple put on a united front ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand PrixCredit: AP

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Oracle Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner and wife Geri talk today in the Paddock during the Saudi F1 Grand PrixCredit: Getty

The pair continue to put on a united frontCredit: Getty

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Geri Halliwell looks on in the Paddock today before the Saudi Arabia F1 Grand PrixCredit: Getty

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The Spice girl enters the Red Bull hospitality suite at Jeddah Corniche CircuitCredit: Getty
And the pair were seen locked around each other as Red Bull celebrated a 1-2 podium finish on Saturday evening.

But her second public show of support in a week was dented by another jibe from Red Bull world champ Max Verstappen’s dad Jos, who repeated calls for Horner’s head.

And he twisted the knife by revealing he supports the unidentified team employee suspended after accusing her boss and sending hundreds of “sexually suggestive” texts.

Geri appeared red-eyed last week when she was pictured kissing her husband and holding hands as they walked through the F1 paddock at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

But she was much more composed yesterday as she appeared at the trackside wearing a long-sleeved white dress in keeping with Saudi Arabia’s strict religious dress code.

The pop icon was seen greeting several Red Bull staff preparing for the evening race before stepping into the team’s luxury motorhome.

She also appeared relaxed and smiled alongside her tracksuited husband as they took tea in his team’s trailer.

Trendsetter Geri has worn almost exclusively white outfits over the past five years but the modest ensemble she sported yesterday drew comparisons to Star Wars’ Princess Leia.

Insiders said she had spent time relaxing in Dubai prior to yesterday’s F1 event and was in a better frame of mind than in Bahrain, when the Red Bull “sext bomb” had just dropped.

A source close to the couple said: “They want the world to see they’re still very much a couple and that it’s business as usual for Red Bull.

“It’s been tough but Geri has been a rock for Christian through all this and he has spoken out about how much that means to him.

“There was no question of her staying away from Saudi – that would have sent entirely the wrong message.”

Geri was also buoyed by a public show of solidarity from ex-bandmate Melanie Brown – the Spice Girls’ “Mel B” as she fought to calm her marriage crisis.

Melanie, 48, said it had been “horrible” to see her suffer and that she, Mel C, Emma Bunton, and Victoria Beckham would “take a bullet” for their friend.

She added: “Between the four of us we’ve all been messaging her, I sent a message to her earlier. I just feel for her, and… oh my God. I just feel sad.

“But she knows she has us four that are with her. Because I don’t really know the ins and outs, all I see is, ‘That’s my friend and I know what she’s going through is really tough.’

“All you can do is be there, just like the girls have been there for me, all I can do is be there for Geri.

“But it is horrible to see your friend going through something, something you don’t quite know what it is, but that’s your friend and you want to protect her, no matter what.”

SCANDAL… LAP BY LAP

FEBRUARY 5: A Dutch newspaper reports a female Red Bull employee has made serious allegations of “inappropriate, controlling behaviour” about Horner to parent company Red Bull GmbH.

FEB 9: Horner is quizzed for nine hours by the lawyer hired by Red Bull to investigate.

FEB 15: He denies the allegations and says they are a distraction for the team.

FEB 15: F1 says it hopes the matter will be clarified at the earliest opportunity after a fair and thorough process.

FEB 26: Red Bull’s engine partner Ford says it is increasingly frustrated by the team’s handling of the complaint.

FEB 28: Horner is cleared of all wrongdoing. The employee is said to have the right of appeal.

FEB 29: Horner says he is pleased the investigation is over.

FEB 29: WhatsApp texts and pictures claimed to be between Horner and the employee are sent to journalists and F1.

MARCH 1: Horner refuses to comment on what he calls “anonymous speculation from unknown sources”.

MAR 2: Horner and wife Geri are pictured hand-in-hand, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the Bahrain Grand Prix. Horner says before the race: “It’s been very testing for my family but we are very strong and our focus is on this race.”

MAR 3: Verstappen’s dad Jos, claims Red Bull is in “danger of being torn apart” if Horner stays in the job. He denies being the source of the WhatsApp leak, saying: “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.”

MAR 6: Max Verstappen sides with his dad in the row.

MAR 7: Horner says he wants to draw a line under the scandal and hails Geri’s support — as Red Bull suspends the employee.

On Thursday, Horner saluted his “phenomenally supportive” wife but insisted it was time to “draw a line” under the scandal.

But his accuser has won the support of UK parliament equality chief Caroline Nokes who  encouraged her to take her case to an employment tribunal.

And Verstappen Snr – who is understood to have become close to the woman – reignited the row yesterday, days after a public bust-up with Horner in Bahrain.

Jos, 52, hit out again after skipping the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to compete in a rallying event in Belgium.

He said: “I think it’s too late for Christian to say ‘leave me alone’ but he has the support of the Thai owner so I think he will stay for the rest of the season

“I said it would be bad if he stayed, it really isn’t good for the team, this whole situation.”

Jos – who has warned Red Bull will “explode” if Horner stays – also lifted the lid of what appeared to be a public bust-up between the pair in Bahrain last week.

The Dutch former racing driver said: “He was saying to me ‘Do you trust me? I will do everything for your son’ and we were talking with our hands, we didn’t have a fight.

“But on Friday we did have an argument in the office, and I walked out but, in the trailer, he came up to me and said ‘Congratulations, good race’.”

Voicing his support for Horner’s attractive blonde accuser, Verstappen Snr said: “I sympathise with the woman, with all that she went through, but we will see what happens.

“Red Bull seem to know what they are doing with her, we will see. But I think it is for her to come out and see what happens.

“I’m not fully up to speed with what is happening with her but all these things that are going on are having an influence on Max.

“I’ve already said I think it is causing problems if he stays.”

Quizzed about Horner’s bid to draw a line under the saga, Jos said : “I think it’s a bit too late for that now. If that’s what he wants, fine, but I don’t think it will be possible.”

The Sun revealed on Thursday that Horner’s accuser had been suspended, with insiders alleging it was over “inconsistencies” in her evidence to a barrister-led probe.

Pals said Horner was finding it impossible to avoid his accuser at work who among 1,600 employees at the team’s HQ in Milton Keynes, Bucks.

HR bosses stepped in and suspended her on full pay on Monday and she is currently mulling whether to appeal against the rejection of her complaint.