Red Bull a🍰nd Max Verstappen notably boycotted interviews last season from Sky Sports, the UK broadcaster of Formula 1, and Herbert’s then-employers.

It was believed🧜 to be a response to comments from Ted Kravitz, and it resulted in top bosses from Sky and Red Bull meeting to ♉end the tension.

“I was alw✤🃏ays free to express what I wanted,” Herbert told the .

“But… if everybody said on TV on Channel 4 or Sky, or🌠 💖anyone, if you sort of had a bit of a go at a team they will get upset. 

“And if they get upset there’s always a chance, like we saw with Max,🧔 ‘oh we're not goi🌌ng to do it with you because you said that’. 

“That's where you sort of have to sometimes💝 tread carefully.

“But it's understandable. I always remember when I was racing there were sometim♒es things said which upset you aඣnd then you probably never spoke to that journalist maybe for a couple of races or more.

“So I get it but when it's d🧔own to a team. I always think you should be able to be as outspoken as you want to be in certain situations.

"I always thought I was fairly outℱspoken on certain is⛎sues that came up. I never thought you should shy away from them.

“Some people don't want to upset a certain person witꦜhin a team because t✤hey sort of had a relationship. 

“And you sort of think it shouldn’t be about your relationship, it should ꦏbe about what you see and what you hear from fans.”

Herbert was axed from Sky’s line-up of experts for the 2023 season and nജow hosts the Li🦂ft The Lid podcast with Billy Monger.

He says it is nice not worrying about “upsetting people” in his n🌸ew role.