F1 broadcaster Natal🦹ie Pinkham has posted ཧa friendly picture alongside Sergio Perez - after an awkward TV interview with Christian Horner.

Sky Sportಌs’ Pinkham was quizzing the Red Bull team principal about the ongoing struggles of his driver, Perez, last weekend in Zandvoort.

Pinkꦯham asked why Red Bull decided to keep faith in Perez, and Horner abruptly replied:&n⭕bsp;“Well, who would you put in?”

Pinkham said: “I’m not the boss of Red Bull.”

Horner 🐎respo💯nded: “No, no but who would you change him for? Why would you change?”

Pinkham said: “Why ඣhave you turned ♏it back on me? It’s not my decision. I’m interested to know.

“Is that because there isn’t an obvious🌳 candidate to step up? Is that why you’ve held onto him?”

Horner continue🐼d: “If we felt there was something better, we would have changed it by now.”

Horner then said to Pinkham “yꦆou are v🅠ery quick to condemn Sergio”.

But the TV broadcaster has cheekily responded by posting two h🎉appy pictures of herself alongside Perez.

“Believe nothing yo🗹u hear and half of what you see,” her caption read.

However, the under-performing Perez will know that he must deliver results soon to justi�🦩�fy Horner’s faith.

Red Bull were widely tipped to make a driver change during the F1 summer break but they insisted that Perez would remain in the car, and they would make the necess๊ary adjustments so he could return to form.

🐷He finished sixt🌟h last weekend at Zandvoort but the form of McLaren is ramping up the pressure on Perez.

McLaren have cut the deficit to just 30 points behind Red Bull at the top of the constructors’ standings ahead of ✤this weekend’s F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Lando Norris, who won last week in the Netherlands, co♎uld drag McLaren even closer in Italy this weekend unless Perez is able to join the scrap at tౠhe very front of the F1 grid.