F1 Gossip: Horner accuses Hamilton of dropping 'digs and provocations'

- Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has accused Hamilton 𒉰of ‘dropping little digs and🌳 provocations’.
In an interview with , ✃he said: "Lewis continually drops his subtle little digs or provocations. But I think the great thing about Max is he doesn't give a f--k. He is who he is."
- Horner also believes Mercedes use the media to “manipulate” rhetoric surroundi꧋ng Red Bull and himself personally.
He added: "I think perhaps my comments were used to become pointed at a marshal which wasn't the intention. But you know, these things get spun around. They get turned and they get tw𝓡isted.
"Incidentally,♎ where is the consistency? The previous weekend, [Mercedes] basically told the race director to go f--k himself. My comཧments felt insignificant by comparison."
- In an interview with , Helmut Marko has ruled out an engine change🌟 for Max Verstappen at this weekend’s inaugural Saudi 🦄Arabian Grand Prix.
Verst♈appen holds an eight-point lead in the championship over Lewis Hamilton with two rounds to go.
Mercedes is expected to re-introduce its ‘spicy engine’ in Jeddah to give the seven-time 🌄champion the most power available.
Marko reveale🐻d that an engin𝔍e change is more likely in Abu Dhabi.
“An engine change is not planned in Saudi Arabia a𓆉t the moment,” Marko said.“If it is, it will come i♈n Abu Dhabi.”
- Red Bull Powertrains currently has 170 employees - 45 from Mercedes - as it looks to develop ahea🌠d of 2026. ()
- The Asꦗton Martin Formula 1 team’s factory ♛has escaped any serious damage after it caught fire.
The team wrote on s🌜ocial media: "We can confirm that there was a small fire in the extraction system of our wind tunnel, which was quickly extinguished."
- Valtteri Bottas has spoken about the ‘dark thoughts’ he had as a consequence of F1’s strict weight ꦬrestrictions and the impact that it had on his life earlier in his career.
The Mercedes driver revealed that he no longer enjoyed the sport and considered quitting entir♚ely. ()
- Organisers of the Australian Grand Prix have ruled out running sprint qualifying when F1 returns to Albert 🔜Park in 2022.
Sprint races are se🤪t to feature at eight grands prꦐix in 2022 after F1 bosses deemed them to be a success.
“They haven’t finalised the number nor the locations of the sprint format﷽s for 2022,” Australian Grand Prix Corporation boss Andrew Westacott told
“But it looks highly𝐆 likely that we will retain the standard format of F☂P1 and FP2 on Friday, FP3 and qualifying on Saturday, and the race on Sunday afternoon.
“So fans, if they’re looking for Sprint formats, would have to be looking at either on some of the European locations or on broadcast꧅, but it’s not likely to be in Melbourne for April 2022.”
- McLaren’s Lando Norris has 🎀announced♊ that he’s moving to Monaco.
Say hello to my new home! The place isn't finished yet but I'll be living here in Monaco when I'm not in the factory or at the track next year.
— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris)
I get the k🌠eys at the end of next month so will hopefully be moving in soo🅰n. Really excited for this next chapter!

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