Verstappen’s Sky Sports F1 boycott ‘indefinite’ as Horner joins snub

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F1 preview: A lap at the Mexican Grand Prix

Christian Horner has joined Max Verstappen’s Sky Sports F1 snub after suggestions Lewis Hamilton was “robbed” of the title last season. The Dutchman is said to be refusing to appear on the network’s channels in a blow to their coverage of the Mexican Grand Prix. 

It is understood Vertsappen’s boycott of the popular channel is “indefinite”, meaning the reigning champion may not appear again this season. The ban is also expected to impact Sky Germany and Sky Italia’s coverage of the weekend’s race. 

Ted Kravitz made the remarks about last season’s title decider in his post-race Notebook at last week’s United States Grand Prix.

He said: “[Hamilton] doesn’t win a race all year, and then finally comes back at a track where he could win the first race all year, battling the same guy who won the race he was robbed in the previous year, and manages to finish ahead of him.

“What a script and a story that would have been. But that’s not the way the script turned out today, was it? Because the guy that beat him after being robbed actually overtook him, because he’s got a quicker car, because of engineering and Formula One and design, and pretty much because of [Adrian Newey, Red Bull’s Chief Technical Officer] over there.”

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