F1 broadcaster Natalie Pinkham 𒀰has posted a friendly picture alongside Sergio Perez - after an awkward TV interview with Christian Horner.

Sky Spo🔯rts’ Pinkham was quizzing the Red Bull team principal about the ongoing struggles of his driver, Perez, last weekend in Zandvoort.

Pinkham asked why Red🗹 Bull decided to keep faith in Perez, and Horner abruptly replied: “Well, who would you put in?”

Pinkham said: “I’m not the boss of Red Bull.”

Horner resp🐷onded: “No, no but who would you change him for? Why would you change?”

Pinkham said: “Why have you turned it ba🍎ck 𒈔on me? It’s not my decision. I’m interested to know.

“Is that because there isn’t an obvious candidat🍬e to step up? Is that why you’ve held onto h♕im?”

Horner continued: “If we felt there was something better, we would have changed it☂ by now.”

Horner then said to Pinkham🥃 “you are very quick to condemn Sergio”.

But the TV broadcaster has cheekily responded by posting two happy༒ pictu🍃res of herself alongside Perez.

“Believe🥃 nothing 🏅you hear and half of what you see,” her caption read.

However, the u🐟nder-performing Perez will know that he must deliver results soon to ju🌳stify Horner’s faith.

Red Bull werওe widely tipped to make a driver change during the F1 summer break but they insisted🐟 that Perez would remain in the car, and they would make the necessary adjustments so he could return to form.

He🤪 finished sixth last weekend at Zandvoort but the form ꧃of McLaren is ramping up the pressure on Perez.

McLaren have cut th💛e deficit to just 30 points behind Red Bull at the top of the constructors’ standings ahead of this weekend’s F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Lando Norris, who won last week in the Netherlands, could drag McLa🎃ren even clo✱ser in Italy this weekend unless Perez is able to join the scrap at the very front of the F1 grid.