report that there is “a civil war” inside the F1 constructors’ champions ahead of the United States Grand Prix this🙈 weekend.

“Just being team꧋ boss at Red Bull is no longer enough” for Horner,⭕ it is reported.

He wants to “𓄧get rid of” Helmut Marko and be in sole෴ charge of Red Bull and its sister team AlphaTauri.

Marko was a key ally of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who died a year ago, and still retains the backing of new🦄 boss Oliver Mintzlaff.

“Horner💜 had planned and is still planning the coup,” it 🌞is remarkably reported.

🐻It is claimed that he sought support from Red Bull’s 51 percent shareholders from Thailand before attempting to recruit Bradley Lord - Mercedes’ chief of communications who acted as Toto Wolff’s stand-in at the past two grands prix - as new team principal of AlphaTauri.

That plan did not work.

Horner lent support🍌 to Peter Bayer, new CEO of AlphaTauri. But the addition of Laurent Mekies to AlphaTauri was Marko’s call.

Horner’s “role was discusജsed” in a meeting between Marko and Mintzlaff, the report claims.

Mintzlaff will be i🅷n the paddock in Austin t🌱his weekend.

Max Verstappen has pledged his loyaltyඣ to Marko in conversations with Mintzlaff already.

Horner responded to these claims by telling : "Without Helmut, I w🔯ouldn't be in 🏅the position that I am today.

“Like with the young drivers that he h൩ﷺas given an opportunity, he also gave me that opportunity. 

“We've always enjoyed a very strong and open relationship. Of course, there are things🃏 that we disagr🌃ee on now and again, but I think that's healthy.”