2024-07-22 08:59:26
Now the chief bull is sticking out!
Max Verstappen (26) is the defending champion and clearly leads the drivers’ championship (76 points ahead) in Formula 1 – but his horses were still running with him at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Before and AFTER the race.
World champion Max Verstappen (26) only manages to win the day by complaining, complaining and complaining.
When asked after his fifth place about the criticism he might now be receiving, he said: “They can get away with it.”
Rumms!
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From a sporting point of view, things were just perfect for the Dutchman in Budapest. The new updates didn’t work, McLaren was clearly the faster car. During the race, Verstappen mainly communicated this to his team via radio.
Verstappen is arguing with his own team
► Lap 43: Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton (39) and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc (26), with whom Verstappen is battling for third, enter the pits two laps earlier to get fresh, faster tyres.
Verstappen continues to drive fast anyway, says Red Bull racing engineer Gianpiero Lambiase (43) after the Dutchman’s first good time: “That’s a good start.”
Verstappen: “Don’t come at me like that. I’m trying to save what you did with that shitty strategy.” ROOM!
Reason for criticism: He thought the strategy of staying out longer with the hard tires than the competition was wrong. Although he had the fresher tires at the end of the race, it is almost impossible to overtake in Hungary.
In lap 63, the three-time world champion tried it anyway. Verstappen tries to overtake Hamilton – and crashes into the Silver Arrow.
Max Verstappen retires after a collision with Lewis Hamilton
Verstappen emotionally on the radio: “He steered while braking.”
This is forbidden – but not true in this case. Red Bull sees it that way too. Gianpiero Lambiase, Verstappen’s racing engineer: “I will not get involved in a radio dispute with the other teams, Max. That’s childish in funk, childish.”
Even after the race, Verstappen is hard to calm down.
At RTL he says: “Maybe our strategy department was on holiday. We have all the information, maybe I’ll have to do it myself in the future.” And to any critics of his crowd performance: “They can f*** off.”
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After all: Peace has returned to the bull stable next to the track – thanks to Oliver Mintzlaff (48). Red Bull’s sports boss ended the months-long power struggle with various individual discussions. Boss Motorsport Dr. Helmut Marko (81) and team manager Christian Horner (50) are pulling together again.
They should too! Thanks to the double win, McLaren was able to close the gap to Red Bull again in the constructors’ championship. Only 51 points separate the two teams. While McLaren scored an impressive 43 points in Hungary, Red Bull only scored 16 points. Red Bull cannot find such a resource in the long term.
The next race – the last one before the summer break – will take place in Belgium next Sunday! If McLaren drives Max Verstappen away again, the break at Red Bull could be uncomfortable.
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