Christian Horner brutally slams Lewis Hamilton’s ‘selective memory’ after F1 legend criticised Max Verstappen
CHRISTIAN HORNER has hit out at Lewis Hamilton following criticism from the British driver over Red Bull’s dominance.
Hamilton has publicly spoken out a number of times about the ease with which Red Bull have dominated this year’s Formula One season.
But Red Bull boss Horner has defended his team and suggested that Hamilton’s criticisms are hypocritical.
The 49-year-old has slammed Hamilton for having a “selective memory” with regards to his own period of prolonged success with Mercedes.
Speaking on the Eff Won with DRS podcast, he said: “I feel like he’s got selective memory. So you know, some of the winning that they did in that period was just obscene.
“We’ve had a good run for a couple of years, but the one guy that shouldn’t be saying that I would think, is Lewis.”
Hamilton and Mercedes previously breezed past all the competition in F1 for years with the Brit winning six of his seven World Championship titles during the Silver Arrows spectacular run from 2014-2020.
Mercedes won a record eight Constructors Championships in a row before Red Bull took over in recent times.
Hamilton has expressed his feeling around making the races more competitive as Max Verstappen won a third consecutive World Championship this season.
The Belgian Dutch driver has been exceptional this year in what has essentially been a season long procession for him and Red Bull.
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Verstappen has won 17 of the 20 Grand Prix this year with his teammate Sergio Perez winning two himself.
Hamilton has pleaded with the FIA to do what they can to make things tighter in the future, with concerns around fans losing interest in the thrilling sport.
He said: ““I think, within our sport, we have to continue to work on making sure we’re having close racing because I think you’ve seen the social engagement drop a huge amount this year being that.
“It’s obviously heavily impacted on competition. People want to see that.
“So, we have to make sure that we’re making the right decisions, or the governing body is making the right decisions, to keep us close and great racing right to the end.
“We need more grandstands. I don’t know whether we need to lower the cost but maybe, I don’t know.”