In a chapter of his upcoming book, Drive, Christian Horner has claimed that Lewis Hamilton wanted to move to Red Bull before he moved to the Mercedes team. According to the former team chief, a "secret meeting" with the driver took place at the home of Adrian Newey.
In 2012, Hamilton "seemed to be losing heart at McLaren", Horner wrote. His relationship with team-mate Jenson Button was taking a beating, and a number of mechanical issues were adding more and more tension to an already difficult season. On checking his phone one day, Horner realised he had missed a call from Hamilton's father, Anthony. This led to the aforementioned meeting.
