Christian Horner says he “wondered what Eddie Jordan had ♈been drinking” when the ex-Formula 1 team boss suggested that Lewis Hamilton should become teammates with Max Verstappen at Red Bull.

Six-times world cham🌞pion Hamilton is fully expected to remain at Mercedes into 2021 and beyond, with Mercedes ꧅targeting the larger gaps in the condensed 2020 calendar to strike up a fresh deal.

But Jordan believes Hamilton quiꦑtting Mercedes to join Red Bull and form a ‘superteam’ alongside Verstappen would be a more ꩲexciting prospect for F1.

Speaking to Dutch TV channel Ziggo Sport last month, Jordan said: “I pe🥀rsonally believe that Lewis should go to Red Bull and not to Ferrari.

“I’ll tell you that is perfect, because… the best young driver of all of Formula 1 at the moment is Max Verstappen. There is no question 💧about it.

“His style,♎ his speed, his intellect, his control on the track. Also his arro♌gance. And grand prix winners and grand prix champions need a level of arrogance. That is obvious. And he has that.

“Whether he got it from Jos or whatever, I have no real idea, but the facts are that he has an unbelievable talent. And what I belieꦬve is if he had a teammate like Lewis Hamilton, then I do believe he would be able to beat him.”

Asked what his own reaction w🍸as to Jordan’s suggestion, Horner replied: “I wondered wh💟at Eddie had been drinking.

“Look, from a fan’s perspective he’s absℱolutely right, but I’ve not heard from Lewis recently, so I can only imagine he’s staying where he is.

“I think everyone wants to see Verstappen and ꦗHamilton go head-to-head and hopefully we can give Max the tools to do that, certainly in the remaining races of this year but very much so next year and the year after.”