Anthony Hamilton made contact with Christian Horner, a Red Bu🍨ll spoke🍒sperson told the .

But Anthony Hamilton is not officially involved in his son’s management anymore, which may explain the differ🐷ing versions of events told by Red Bull and the Mercedes driver this week.

Horner had🎐 initially claimed that a representative of Hamilton’s reached out to enquire about moving to Red Bull earlier this year.

Hami🧔lt⛎on denied this, and claimed Horner initiated communication.

Now his father Anthony has been pinpo❀inted by Red Bull.

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Anthony oversaw Lewis’ meteoric rise to t🥂he pinnacle of motor🌸sport.

In his earl෴y Formula 1 days, Anthony was his ꧅son’s manager.

But in 2010, two years after his first championship with McLaꦿren, Lewis confirmed that his father would no longer have a professio♎nal role overseeing his career.

Despite his alleged communication with Red Bull earlier this year w🐽hen his son's future was in doubt, Lewis penned a new two-year Mercedes contr🌳act in August.

In order to resto💜re🔴 himself and Mercedes to the top of F1 again in 2024, Lewis has warned they need the greatest six months of development ever seen to overthrow the mighty Red Bull.

Lewis' great rival Max Verstappen has racked up three championships in a row and doesn't look likely to slow down any ti♐me soon.