Follow usLewis Hamilton said Red Bull’s Christian Horner is stirring things after the world champions’ boss said a representative of the seven times world champion approached him about a drive before the Briton signed a new contract with Mercedes.
Horner told the Daily Mail newspaper there had been “several conversations over the years” about Hamilton joining the team. “They have reached out a few times. Most recently, earlier in the year, there was an inquiry about whether there would be any interest,” said the team boss.
Hamilton, whose contract to the end of 2025 was announced in August, told reporters at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Thursday that nobody from his management had spoken to Horner.
He said Horner had messaged him, however, on an old phone he had left at home. “I switched it on and obviously hundreds of messages came through and I realiзed there was one from Christian to get together and have a chat at the end of the season,” he said.
“I just replied to him on my new phone. It was after a weekend. It was quite late on that I found the message. It was from earlier on in the year. So, it was like months later. I think he’s just stirring things. You know Christian. He loves that kind of stuff.” he told Sky Sportс.
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