Red Bull's Horner denies Ferrari switch rumours

BARCELONA, Spain -- Christian Horner has reaffirmed his "100 percent" committedness to Red Bull pursuing a study of involvement from Ferrari.

According to German work Bild earlier this week, Ferrari president John Elkann reached retired to Horner astir replacing Fred Vasseur.

Elkann and Horner are known to person a bully relationship stretching backmost respective years.

The Englishman flatly denied the study connected Friday successful a quality league astatine Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

"Of people it's ever flattering to beryllium associated with different teams but my committedness 100 percent is with Red Bull," Horner said. "It ever has been and surely volition beryllium for the long-term.

"There's a clump of speculation ever successful this business. People coming here, going determination oregon whatever. I deliberation radical wrong the squad cognize precisely what the concern is."

Horner was seated alongside Alpine's Flavio Briatore, who had mumbled his mode done the full quality conference.

Horner quipped: "My Italian is worse than Flavio's English, truthful however connected world would that work?"

Vassuer was the eventual prime to regenerate Binotto and helium has been credited for reviving the team's contention operation.

But aft finishing 2nd successful past year's title Vasseur's Ferrari are coming nether expanding unit owed to an underwhelming tally of form.

The preseason hype astir Lewis Hamilton's accomplishment has rapidly fixed mode to the grim world of the squad being a agelong mode disconnected the gait of McLaren.

Hamilton has not yet been connected the podium, though helium did triumph the sprint contention successful China.

Charles Leclerc has scored the lone 2 Ferrari podium finishes of the twelvemonth truthful far.

Vasseur has not yet spoken to the media to code the Bild study and reply the complaint Ferrari is looking to marque a change.