The Red Bull team started the 2024 Formula season in the best way with Max Verstappen’s victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix in which he was escorted by his teammate, the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez. However, the atmosphere in the Austrian team does not seem to be the best.
After a forceful statement by the father of the current F1 champion, Jos Verstappen against Christian Horner suggesting his departure from Red Bull, he joined now a rudeness that the Dutch pilot made towards “Checo” Pérez by leaving him out of his predictions for this season.
And in a Viaplay Sports dynamic, Max Verstappen gave the names of the drivers he considers will be fighting for the championship in 2024 and his teammate was not among his three picks, which could be a warning that things between the two are not the best.
“The top 3 of the championship would be myself, then Lewis (Hamilton) and then Charles (Leclerc)”said the three-time F1 champion, leaving aside the Mexican who has just won the runner-up position last season, giving Red Bull the first 1-2 in the drivers’ standings in its history.
Additionally, the 34-year-old Mexican, who is in the last year of his contract with the Red Bull team, He had a good race on Saturday in Bahrain where he managed to come back from fifth place in the start to finish getting on the podium with the second place achieved in the first race of 2024.
It is not the first time that there has been talk that the relationship between Max Verstappen and Sergio “Checo” Pérez It’s not the best. The Mexican has even become the protagonist of constant rumors about a possible departure from Red Bull, something that the energy drink team has denied on several occasions.
Jos Verstappen will not be in Saudi Arabia
Max Verstappen’s father will not appear in Saudi Arabia this weekend for the second race of the 2024 Formula 1 season after the controversial statements he made over the weekend against the director of the Red Bull team, Christian Horner.
According to ESPN, Jos Verstappen will not attend the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix while the waters calm within the Austrian team after the former Dutch driver made statements against Horner, who was recently acquitted of accusations of misconduct.
“There will be tension here as long as Horner remains in his position. The team is in danger of disintegrating. It can’t go on like this. It will explode. “He plays the victim when he is the one causing the problems.”Jos Verstappen said in an interview, which sparked speculation about a possible departure of Max from Red Bull.
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