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Hamilton: “I didn’t contact Red Bull, Horner sent me a message”
The story, which began with Christian Horner stating that Hamilton’s group of agents had approached Red Bull earlier this year about a job at Red Bull, is evolving into a public controversy. “No one from my team has spoken to them,” the Mercedes driver replied.
Red Bull Racing director Christian Horner told Britain’s Daily Mail that Lewis Hamilton’s representatives had examined RBR’s potential interest in the seven-time Formula One champion’s services earlier this season and that Hamilton had also had “serious discussions.” , namely with Ferrari chairman John Elkann.
All of this – according to Horner – preceded Hamilton signing his new two-year contract with Mercedes, which will keep the Briton at Brackley until the end of 2025. However, in the background of the Abu Dhabi GP, Hamilton was asked about the statements of the RBR manager, and his reaction was quite sharp.
No, I didn’t approach her.”said Lewis, “Christian texted me. I checked with everyone on my team, but no one spoke to them. But they tried to reach us. I opened my old phone that I found at home and it had my old number on it.
Of course, when it opened, thousands of messages came, and then I realized that Christian’s job was to meet and chat at the end of the year. I answered him from my new phone. It was too late when I saw the message. He sent it at the beginning of the year, I found it a few months later. added the British driver.
And he continued: “There are a lot of people here who like to mention my name in discussions because they know it will make an impression. If you’re feeling a little lonely and not getting much attention, this is the best thing you can do. Just say my name.
Hamilton added that he does not want to allow such suspicions to upset his balance with the Mercedes team: “I didn’t tell Toto [Βολφ ότι απάντησα στον Χόρνερ], especially when the whole story came out. I also wanted my team to know because people think all that and that’s never a positive thing.” he emphasized.
Finally, he said that he would be happier if he managed to use the new ground effect regulations to build on the success that Mercedes had lost in the last two years and that this would be much better for the racing legend than he was would make it.
And of course he reacted to Horner’s statements that the Verstappen-Hamilton duo couldn’t work in the RBR: “I would be more than happy to race against Max in the same car. That would be great. I don’t think he wants me to ride next to him.
Source: sport 24
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