report that there is “a civil war” inside the F1 constructors’ champion🉐s ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.

“Just being team boss at Red Bull is 💝no longer enough” for Horner, it is🐈 reported.

He wants to “get rid of” Helmut Marko and be in sole charge of Red Bull and its sister team AlphaT🍌auri.

Marko was a key ally of Red Bull founder Dietrich Matesch🥃itz, who died a year ago, and still retains the backing of new boss Oliveꦚr Mintzlaff.

“Horner had planned and is still planning the coup,”🌺 it is remarkably 𝔍reported.

It is claimed that he s♊ought support from Red Bull’s 51 percent shareholders from Thailand before attempting to recruit Bradley Lord - Mercedes’ chief of communications🌜 who acted as Toto Wolff’s stand-in at the past two grands prix - as new team principal of AlphaTauri.

That plan did not work.

Horner lent support to Peter Bayer, new CEO of AlphaTauri. But the addition of Laurent Mekies to AlphaTauri was Mar🍬ko’s call.

Horner’s “role was dis𝔉cussed” in a meeting between Marko and Mintzlaff, the report claims.

Mintzl💜aff will be in the paddock in Austin this weekend.

Max Verstappen has pledged his loyalty to Marko in conv🔯ersations with Mintzlaff already.

Horner responded to these claims by tell🃏ing : "Without Helmut, I wouldn't be in the posi🌳tion that I am today.

“Like with the young driꦜvers that he has given an opportunity, he also gave me that oppor♓tunity. 

“We've always enjoyed a very str🌞ong and open relationship. Of course, there are things that we disagree on now and again, but I think that's healthy.”