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Damon Hill has repeated his belief that the Toto Wolff-Christian Horner rivalry is a front, saying it is merely “fuel” for Netflix.

The 1996 World Champion has previously voiced scepticism about the authenticity of the jousting that has taken place between F1’s two most prominent team principals.

The Mercedes and Red Bull duo traded jibes throughout the intense 2021 title battle between their teams with Hill saying in December: “I think it’s a front they have put on. It’s just so sad that you have these two camps.”

Now the 61-year-old has gone a step further by suggesting it is an act being played out for the benefit of Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’, the latest series of which shows Horner claiming Wolff inherited his success at Mercedes and “didn’t have to build anything”.

Although there were staged handshakes between the pair before last season’s title decider in Abu Dhabi, the barbs have already begun in 2022 with Horner making reference during an interview to Wolff being a “tax exile in Monaco” who is running his team remotely.

But Hill thinks much of the back-and-forth is to serve a purpose for ‘Drive to Survive’.

“The way Netflix has promoted what we do in F1 to a wider audience has been phenomenal,” Hill told Express Sport. “It has