Red Bull are reported to have held 'clear-the-air talks' in a bid to stop all the 'infighting' that has happened over the Christian Horner saga.
The Red Bull team principal's future with the reigning champions has come under question this past week after messages purporting to be between Horner and his accuser were leaked by an anonymous email.
The leak came just 24 hours after Horner was cleared of any wrongdoing by an investigation into the allegations he was facing.
Horner was defiant when repeatedly asked about his situation at Red Bull during the season-opening weekend in Bahrain.
Christian Horner's future continues to be questioned
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However, Jos Verstappen has raised doubts about Horner's ability to stay in charge and that's seemingly caused concern among Red Bull's board.
According to The Times, Red Bull senior figures have held a crisis meeting to try and get everybody on the same page.
It's reported that Red Bull bosses have also asked both Max Verstappen and his father to 'put the team first' ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this week.
Verstappen Sr is not set to be in Jeddah this week for the second race of the season.
It's claimed that his absence is related to a commitment to his rallying career.
But the report adds that the 52-year-old has 'no firm plans' to be at another F1 race for a good few weeks.
It's suggested the Verstappen's dad may not be at another race until the seventh Grand Prix of the season in May.
The three-time world champion will face the media on Wednesday where he's expected to be asked whether he agrees with the comments made by his father.
Verstappen was asked whether he still had faith in Horner's ability to lead Red Bull last weekend.
Red Bull want the focus to be back on track
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"Listen, when I look at how Christian operates within the team, he has been an incredible team boss, so absolutely, from the performance side of things, you can't even question that.
"So that's what I'm also dealing with. I speak to Christian a lot, and also throughout the weekend here, he's fully committed to the team, he's also here for the performance.
"Of course probably a little bit distracted. But like I said before, we just focus on the performance side of things, and that's how we all work together."
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Christian Horner was spotted in an animated chat with Jos Verstappen
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But the Dutchman believes Red Bull as a team are still unified with his main focus on the new season.
He added: "From my side, and I think what I can see also from the mechanics and the engineers, we are fully focused on the car and the performance here during the weekend.
"And that's how it should be, I think, and that's what we continue to do, because it's not our business, we're not particularly involved in that.
"And we are here, we are paid to do our job, and that's what we are doing and that's also what we love doing. So that's what we focus on."
