Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner reached out to Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle during the Italian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen produced a dominant display to take a surprise victory and comfortably beat the two McLarens, who completed the podium.
Verstappen also broke the record for the fastest F1 race ever completed after he finished the race at Monza in just 73 minutes.
Brundle revealed that Horner, who was shown the door by Red Bull earlier this year, sent him a message during the race. He revealed lived on air “A message from Christian Horner here actually.
Martin Brundle revealed he received a text from Christian Horner at the Italian Grand Prix
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“This was our worst race last year. We had the wrong downforce level, and how hard the team have worked on that package and done a great job. Of course, they’ve turned it around.”
Verstappen not only broke the race record, but he also broke the record for the fastest F1 lap ever set when he took pole on Saturday.
Horner was removed from his position following the British Grand Prix earlier this year and was replaced by the then Racing Bulls CEO, Laurent Mekies.
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Sunday’s win was the first for Red Bull under Mekies and set a tone with a truly dominant display in Ferrari’s homeland.
Verstappen ended up finishing 38 seconds ahead of last year’s race winner Charles Leclerc, but the Dutchman does not expect the dominance to last.
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Christian Horner was removed from Red Bull earlier this year | REUTERSHe revealed: “I think it’s still a bit track dependent, I mean, here you drive low downforce, it always seems like our car is a little bit more competitive when it’s low to medium downforce.
“So, it’s not like suddenly, now we are back, you know, it’s not like we can fight, I think, every single weekend. But the positive is that we seem to understand a little bit more what we need to do with the car to be more competitive.
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“So I hope that that just carries on into the coming rounds as well, and some tracks will be a bit better than others.”
With the win, Verstappen is cementing himself in third place in the drivers' championship, behind Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
Oscar Piastri was forced to give up second after McLaren made a mistake during Lando Norris' pit stop
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The F1 circus will now make its way to Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two weeks' time.
Whether Verstappen can reign supreme again, or the McLarens come roaring back, remains to be seen.