“I congratulated him on winning the constructors world championship and reminded him that’s where the money is paid. Not the drivers. And that was it. I haven’t heard or spoken with him since.”
Mercedes are set to ‘scrap’ their intention to appeal, which has to be lodged by 7pm this evening.
And Horner believes that their rivals should ‘move on’ and suggested he had not even begun working on a defence.
“It’s very difficult for me to know what their position is. From our perspective we’ve welcomed Max home to the team today as the world champion,” Horner continued.
“And as far as we’re concerned, the situation is that obviously, we’re looking forward to seeing him pick up the trophy, hopefully, tomorrow evening as the world champion. I think the official period is until 7:00 o’clock tomorrow that the right of appeal exists.