MEXICO CITY: Red Bull Formula One team boss Christian Horner has blamed social media for 'exploiting' his criticism of AlphaTauri's Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Honda-backed Tsunoda, 21, is also part of the Red Bull stable of drivers with the energy drink brand owning AlphaTauri as well as their main team. "Unfortunately social media has a habit of picking on certain lines and then exploiting them," Horner told reporters when questioned about his words.Verstappen won Sunday's race from third on the grid, passing both Mercedes cars around the outside at the start, to go 19 points clear of Mercedes' seven times champion Lewis Hamilton, with Perez third.