Allegations against Red Bull Racing spark debate on innovation vs. cheating in F1 Ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix.

Hamilton, however, has defended Red Bull. Despite his notoriously spiky relationship with Horner and Max Verstappen, which peaked during the pair’s ill-tempered 2021 title battle, the seven-time world champion has argued the team had shown initiative with their so-called ‘tea-tray’ mechanism.

Guenther Steiner believes Lewis Hamilton would be an eight-time F1 world champion if former F1 race director Charlie Whiting was in charge in 2021.