霍纳新书曝汉密尔顿2012年曾密会红牛
霍纳在即将出版的新书《Drive》中称，汉密尔顿在加盟梅赛德斯之前曾想转投红牛，双方在纽维家中进行了一次秘密会面。
汉密尔顿14年前的“秘密”红牛会面被曝光
克里斯蒂安·霍纳透露，刘易斯·汉密尔顿曾在2012年就加盟红牛进行过秘密商谈
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在即将出版的新书《Drive》的一章中，克里斯蒂安·霍纳称，刘易斯·汉密尔顿在转投梅赛德斯车队之前曾想加盟红牛。据这位前车队负责人所说，他与这位车手的一次“秘密会面”发生在阿德里安·纽维的家中。
霍纳写道，2012年，汉密尔顿“在迈凯伦似乎正在失去斗志”。他与队友简森·巴顿的关系正受到严重损害，而一系列机械故障给本已艰难的赛季增添了越来越多的紧张气氛。有一天查看手机时，霍纳意识到自己错过了汉密尔顿父亲安东尼的一个来电。这促成了前述的那次会议。
霍纳在回忆录中继续写道：“当随后在阿斯科特附近阿德里安家中与刘易斯召开了一次秘密会议时，我的直觉得到了证实。”“他正考虑离开迈凯伦，而我们是他首选的目的地。”
“我们坐下后，他说：‘要加入你们需要什么条件？’阿德里安向来不擅长掩饰表情，他看上去欣喜若狂。”
将汉密尔顿与当时的F1世界冠军塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔搭档是“一个诱人的前景”，但赫尔穆特·马尔科反对这一想法。
“当然，当赫尔穆特听到这个消息时，他看起来并不为所动，”霍纳写道。“刘易斯的到来很可能会影响塞巴斯蒂安，他的门徒，而他显然感到忧虑。”
他补充说，钱很快成为争论的焦点。任何交易“都需要惊人的金额”，因此，霍纳“并没有以任何真正的力度去推进这个想法”。
他补充道：“但刘易斯的交易会吸引某个人。而且我很清楚那个人可能是谁。”
那个人就是梅赛德斯，他在那里加入了罗斯·布朗和尼基·劳达。汉密尔顿在2012年底离开迈凯伦，并在布拉克利车队赢得了七个世界冠军中的六个，之后于2025年转投法拉利。
英文原文
Lewis Hamilton's "secret" Red Bull meeting revealed after 14 years
Christian Horner has revealed that Lewis Hamilton held secret talks about joining Red Bull in 2012
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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.
“When a secret meeting was then called, with Lewis, at Adrian’s house near Ascot, my gut instinct was confirmed,” Horner continued in his memoir. “He was looking to leave McLaren, and we were his preferred destination.
“‘What will it take to join you guys?’ he said, as we sat down. Adrian, who is not known for his poker face, looked ecstatic.”
Placing Hamilton beside the then-reigning Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel was “a tantalising prospect”, but Helmut Marko pushed back on the idea.
“Certainly, Helmut looked unimpressed when he heard the news,” Horner wrote. “Lewis’s arrival would likely impact Sebastian, his protege, and he was clearly feeling apprehensive.”
He added that money quickly became a point of contention. Any deal “would require staggering sums”, and because of that, Horner “didn’t pursue the idea with any real forcefulness”.
He added: “But the Lewis deal was going to appeal to someone. And I had a good idea of who that someone might be.”
That someone was Mercedes, where he joined Ross Brawn and Niki Lauda. Hamilton left McLaren at the end of 2012 and won six of his seven world titles with the Brackley team, before moving to Ferrari in 2025.
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