Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told the Daily Mailexternal-link there had been “an inquiry” from Hamilton. Hamilton said he “did not” contact Red Bull and Horner had reached out to him suggesting an end-of-season meeting. Hamilton said: “Basically, I picked up my old phone that I had just found at home that had my old number on it. Hamilton said he had reassured his team principal Toto Wolff when the story broke this week that it was not true. He replied: “I would be more than happy to race against Max in the same car. Hamilton said he preferred to stay with Mercedes and try to rebuild the team into championship winners than move to a car that was already winning. “Signing has shown my commitment to the team,” he said. “Every driver here looks at the Red Bull car and would love to drive that car. “It wouldn’t do much for me in the sense of stepping into the most dominant car of all time.

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