The Hungarian Grand Prix proved the flawed racing driver remains undimmed in Max Verstappen, having laid dormant for more than two years...
Max Verstappen ’s Hungarian GP saw his ‘Mad Max’ persona make a return as Red Bull ’s mid-season slide continued.
But the other side of that coin is that Verstappen, by dint of knowing just how good he is, has worked himself into a position where he, as an employee of Red Bull, has managed to create an environment in which he cannot be reined in when he oversteps the boundaries of acceptability – such as what could be argued he did in Hungary with some of his highly critical radio messages.
During his first years with Red Bull, he was the young challenger threatening the establishment, the plucky underdog being willed on by the masses to put an end to the empire led by Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes’ dominance ground on, year after year. Having finally climbed to the top in 2021, Verstappen has been at the summit since.
News also emerged over the weekend that the contract clause pertinent to Verstappen had been nullified on Helmut Marko’s pledging of commitment to Red Bull Racing, shutting the door on what might have been the easiest way for Verstappen to leave Red Bull if he so wanted. But was his anger and frustration in Hungary any way linked to that? Unlikely, given Marko’s commitment was made over the Austrian GP weekend, several weeks ago.
With pressure on-track and off-track, all while trying to maintain his loyalty to Red Bull, it’s no surprise that Verstappen duly bit back when he felt his team had put him in a weak position in Hungary. Never one to accept anything less than the best from the people around him, it’s this mentality that has helped keep Red Bull firing on all cylinders – even if it makes him look spoiled and belligerent when things aren’t going his way.
This is where McLaren’s comments on Verstappen and Red Bull – most of which, in my eyes, are unjustified, have a ring of truth to them – Red Bull could have done more to establish control over their driver as an employee when he was still a rising talent and not the finished article he is now, but would it simply have backfired on the team by now? After all, would benching him for his refusal to obey team orders to let Sergio Perez through at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix have had any impact...
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