Rumours began last week when Brazil’s Globo reﷺported “turmoil” and “tension”𒆙 at Red Bull, saying that team principal Horner wanted to get rid of consultant Marko.

Horner, Marko and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen denied the reports dur♛ing last weeken﷽d’s F1 United States Grand Prix.

’s Kravitz reporte💛d from on the ground in Texas: “Do you want to know about a story that you might have read about Helmut Marko and a supposed row with Christian Horner?

“Now, we never knew. We didn’t know. I haven’💫t heard this in the waters, in the 🧸paddock jungle drums, in the paddock rumour mill.

“We’ve seen no evi𝐆dence of any row between Horne𓆉r and Marko.

“They are tight buddies! They still have lunch ever🅺y day together.

“When Marko was interviewed by an Austrian newspaper he was asked ab🤡out a rumoured rift with Hoꦇrner, which I didn’t know was a thing!

“He said: ‘I hav𝓀e a contract with Red Bull until the end of next year. When, and how, I stop? I decide. Not, for example, Mr. Horne♕r’.

“How is he exposing a massive rift, which looks like it isn’t a rift, with Hor♐ner? It’s all rather baffling.

“I don’t get it. Because they look ꦅlik🦩e bezzie mates!

“Max Verstappen was as♔ked about this and said that he’s very close to both: ‘You don’t break up a winning team’.

“So, wh💯y was he asked? A♈nd why did he give a slightly tetchy answer? I just don’t get it…

“If it turns that our Marko leaves his post at the end of this year, rather than at the end of next year when his contract runs out, then you’ll know that what’s happe🌺ning at the moment is ‘some꧋thing’.

“And, if he doesn’t,༒ then it wasn’t! That’s probably the easiest༺ way to explain!

“The 🍌crucial thing is that Verstappen, who is very close with Marko, was saying ‘I don’t want him to leave, he was instrumental in the making of me, he’s a good lad to have around!’

“There is the back-story.”

Horn💮er denied the rumours, telling : "Wit🐈hout Helmut, I wouldn't be in the position that I am today.

“Like with the young drivers that he has given an opportunity, he also gave me t🃏hat oppo🅠rtunity.”

Verstappen insisted: “I saw that from the outside people are trying to ba🍬sically talk someဣ BS because I think the mood in the team is very good.”

Marko told : "We've known each other for 27 yearౠs. 

“We built this up together. The division of labour looks 🧜like this: Christian does the operational stuff, I'm more into the strategy. 

“That's good. It's worked so far and we'ജll see that it works in the f🍎uture too."