Shock claim that Lewis Hamilton “tried” to go to Red Bull but “was told no”
“H🐈amilton and Alonso both tried and were told no..."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton enquired about a move to Red Bull but was knocked back, according to respected F1 reporter Mark Hughes.
Even more remarkably, he insists that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso also tried to grab a Red Bull drive for himself but was also denied ꦅby F1’s dominant team.
Hughes was responding to a fan on social media w🐻ho claimed: “In the last 12 months the likes of Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton an🐭d Alonso all refused a seat to Red Bull in the best car because they were all scared of Max Verstappen.”
He responded by dropping some remarkab🃏le insight: “That’s just pla൩in untrue.
“Neither Leclerc, Hamiltಌon nor Alonso were offered a p♐lace.
“Hamilton and Alonso both tri꧒ed and were told no.”
Hamilton and Alonso have now signed lo💖ng-term deals for 2025 with Ferrari and Aston Martin respectively𓆉.
last November.However, Hamilton’s father is not offi๊cially involved in his sꦍon’s career from a management perspective.
At the time, last year𒊎, Hamilton denied enquiring about a move to Red Bull and insisted that contact was initiated by Horner.
Months later, Hamilton announced he would activat💛e a break clause in his new Mercedes contract and go to Ferrari𝓀 in 2025.
Alonso, meanwhile, was h💯eavily 🐻linked to a move to Red Bull for next year.
But Sergio Perez’s early season form 🐼- where he has claimed three P2 grand prix finishes behind teammate Max Verstappen - has g𓆏iven Red Bull some dream results.
Perez’s contract is ex🅷piring and his future is uncertain, but Alonso removed himself from the equation by🥃 extending his stay at Aston Martin.
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s Charles ﷽Leclerc penned multi-year deals to stay with their teams into 2025 and beyond, at the start of this year𝓀.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports fܫor a decade ♚covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
