Lewis Hamilton has admitted fresh speculation linking Christian Horner with Ferrari is "a little bit distracting" for the team.
The latest rumour around the former Red Bull team principal's future came on Monday when the Daily Mail reported that Horner is being courted by Ferrari chairman John Elkann.
A source has told Sky Sports News that exploratory conversations have taken place, but other sources, in Italy, have downplayed the seriousness of the links.
Hamilton was asked in Thursday's press conference ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix what the emergence of such reports suggested about the situation behind the scenes at Ferrari, who are enduring a disappointing 2025 season.
"I don't know where the rumours have come from so I can't really shed much light on that,"