Red Bull and Max Verstappen notably boycotted interviews last season from Sky Sports, the UK broa🐈dcaster of Formula 1, and Herbert’s then-employers.

It was believed to be a response to comments from Ted Kravitz, and it resulted in top ꦺbosses from Sky and Red Bull meeting to end the tension.

❀“I was always free to express what I wanted,” Herbert told the .

“But… if everᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚybody said on TV on Channel 4 or Sky, or anyone, if you sort of had a bit of a go at a team they will get upset. 

“And if they get up🍸set there’s always a chance, like we saw with Max, ‘oh we're not going to do it with y💜ou because you said that’. 

“That's where you sort of have to sometimes tread ꦛcarefully.

“But it'🗹s understandable. I always remember when I was racing there were sometimes things said which upset you and then you probably never spoke to that journalist mayb🍒e for a couple of races or more.

“So I get it but when it's down to a team. I always t🧔hink you should be able to🌟 be as outspoken as you want to be in certain situations.

"I always thought I was fairly outspoken on cer🎀ta𒆙in issues that came up. I never thought you should shy away from them.

“Some people don'𝔍t want to upset a certain person within a team because they sort of had a relationship. 

“And you sort 🅰of think it shouldn’t be 🔯about your relationship, it should be about what you see and what you hear from fans.”

Herbert was axed🅷 from Sky’s line-up of experts for the 2023 season and now hosts the Lift The L🍃id podcast with Billy Monger.

He says it is nice🥃 not worrying about “ups𓆏etting people” in his new role.