Red Bull driver, who launched tirade at team after car underperformed and handled badly in Budapest, struggling to handle threat of resurgent McLaren team
Max Verstappen leads George Russell during practice at Spa; the Red Bull driver will have a 10-place grid penalty on Sunday.Max Verstappen leads George Russell during practice at Spa; the Red Bull driver will have a 10-place grid penalty on Sunday.
The 26-year-old world champion’s car, with upgrades fast-tracked to make it to Hungary, was underperforming and handling badly with the understeer that is an anathema to Verstappen. Strategy calls by the team only exacerbated the situation and led to him making an ill-timed lunge at Lewis Hamilton, a subsequent clash and a fifth-place finish.
F1 might have felt faint at the language and in the buildup to this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa has reportedly reminded teams that drivers are role models and should watch their language. Yet he is a grownup and you don’t get gladiators without a little blood being spilled. Of more weight is how angry and frustrated Verstappen was, how rattled he seemed at being on the back foot.
At Spa he said his anger was fuelled by a sense that he had been let down and left impotent. “I’m very driven like everyone else in the team, we want to try to be perfect,” he said. “Now I know that every single race to do that is very, very hard. We came close last year but when things are not going how they should have been it’s quite normal you can share your frustration with it.
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