Performance coach Cullen had worked alongside Hamilton for seven years but, during the F1 Sau🎃di Arabian Grand Prix weekend, it was announced that she had departed her job.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wo☂lff hinted that it was Hamilton’s decision.

• Hamilton’s decision to split from Cull👍en? ‘Lewis was looking for a change’

Hamilton was asked to give reasons🤡 for her exit, but replied: “No, no.”

He added about her: “Angela is a bundle o🐭f joy. It’s definitely different, not seeing her duri﷽ng the day and not having her positive energy around.

“But I still have a great team around me.

“She’s her﷽e in spirit. She’s been supporting me all weekend through texting. So, yeah.”

He previously denied 🍃there was any issues, saying: “Me and Ange are go💙od.

“She’s moving on to a different phase in her life. We’re still super-close and we ha🤪ve been texting every day.

“She’s massively supportive and I’m massivel💧y supportive of😼 her. 

“I’m so gratefꦐul to have had her with me on this journey. She’s one of my closest friends and she continues to be.”

Wolff had earliཧer said about Cullen’s exit: "We have seen for some time now that Lewis was looking for a change.”