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BARCELONA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 24: Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner in the garage during Day Two of F1 Testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on February 24, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 24: Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner in the garage during Day Two of F1 Testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on February 24, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images)
Red Bull and Mercedes no longer share the dynamic that they did last season. While Red Bull and Max Verstappen have continued to challenge for titles and race wins, Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton have fallen back into the clutches of midfield. But Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is refusing to count them out of the 2022 championship and believes that they can make a comeback.
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After achieving the first 1-2 for the Austrian team in 6 years, Horner was expectedly thrilled. But during his post-race interviews, Christian mistakenly mentioned that Hamilton is an 8-time world champion in Formula One.
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Twitter calls out Red Bull team boss for his mistake involving Lewis Hamilton
The Red Bull team boss was referring to the fact that he will not count out Hamilton from challenging for the championship this season. He mistakenly stated that Lewis is an 8-time world champion and knows how to win. But he was corrected by the journalist quickly who mentioned that Lewis has won 7 World Championships are not 8.
“Obviously he had a horrible weekend, but he’s still an eight-time World Champion so. Seven! I forgot Nico Rosberg won one… He hasn’t forgotten how to drive in the last four races. At some point, they’ll sort their issues out and he’ll become a factor. I’ve got no doubt,” said Christian.
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Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – April 24, 2022, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton after the race REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
Twitter was quick to pounce on the Red Bull team principal’s mistake of calling Lewis an 8-time champ. Formula One and Lewis Hamilton fans trolled the Brit for his slip of the tongue during the post-race interviews.
Dam wtf when Horner has more support and faith in Lewis and Mercedes’ then like half of twitter, wtf
— awgy LH44 (@__aWg__) April 24, 2022
He ment constructors pic.twitter.com/uivqBaUC3o
— John/COYG🏴🇺🇦🥊F1 (@Johnaustinmenzi) April 24, 2022
Checo did it too so no big deal
— yob (@dimitrimoloko) April 24, 2022
He did it on purpose so everyone else would have to say, “just seven, because Verstappen won last year, right?” pic.twitter.com/ykr0rNkLd5
— Trevor (@Tsudbury) April 24, 2022
No accident at all, he knows it 😆👀
Do we have a link? I'd like to see him for once speaking true facts— Alexandra (@AlexandraEleB) April 24, 2022
The truth always finds its way out
— Abba (@abbamt2) April 24, 2022
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The Red Bull team principal was obviously sympathizing with the 7-time world champion and his current situation. Lewis got lapped by world champion and arch-rival Max Verstappen during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
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It was a painful moment for all the Formula One fans across the world to see Hamilton so uncompetitive. He eventually finished P13 after failing to pass Pierre Gasly throughout the entire race on multiple occasions. After the race, Lewis also got an apology from Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff for his uncompetitive car.
Although Horner is right in not counting out the British driver just yet, the time is certainly running out for Hamilton this season.
