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

Six-times world champion 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 ꦉa fres💃h deal.

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

Speaking to Dutch TV channel Ziggo Sport last month, Jordan said: “I personally believe that Lewis should go to Red B💦ull and not to Ferrari.

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

“His style, h🌠is speed, his intellect, his control on the track. Also his arrogance. 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, b💖ut the facts are that he has an un🐠believable talent. And what I believe is if he had a teammate like Lewis Hamilton, then I do believe he would be able to beat him.”

Asked what his ow💃n reaction was to Jordan’s suggestion, Horner replied: “I wondered what Eddie had been drinki♉ng.

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

“I think everyone wants to see Verstappen and Hamilton go head-to-head and hopefull💧y 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.”