Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton revealed he had noticed Red Bull’s rear-w🐻ing flexing at high-speed during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend and suggested it could be worth up to three-tenths of a second in lap time.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 afte﷽r qualifying, the seven-time w🌃orld champion commented: “The Red Bulls are really fast on the straights.

“They have this bendy wing on the back of their car which they put on today and they gained at least three tenth🔯s from this wing.

“So they will be quicker down the straights than us an🍸d it will be hard to keep them behind, but that doesn’t mean it will be impossible.”

Teams including Red Bull have used aeroelasticity in the past to find straight-line speed gains bu𒆙t the FIA has s𒁏tringent load tests that must be passed which detect any adverse rear flex on the wings.

Asked about Hamilton’s comments after Max Verstappen finished second to the Bಌriton in Sunday’s race, Horner categorically denied that the team’s car features any component that breaks the rules.

Horner also insinuated that Hamilton had been told to brin🐽g up the so-called “bendy” wing by Mercedes.

“Of course the cars are scrutineered thoro♍ughly and there's pull back tests, there's all kinds of different tests it has to pass,” Horner said.

“The FIA are completely happy with the car, that it has passed all of those tests tha𒀰t are pretty stringent.

“So I was surprised to see his comments on that but it's something that Toto has mentioned to me previously. I doubt it was🍰 Lewis's opin🌟ion, it probably came from elsewhere.”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolfꦡf was tight-lipped on the subject when asked for a response to Horner’s suggestion he had encouraged Hamilton to mention it.

"It’s good fun,✤” Wolff said. “We discussed it, but everybody’s…let me not co🏅mment.”