Sparks flew in the final stretch of the World Cup at Red Bull. max verstappen refused to let pass Sergio Perez and the Mexican responded without cutting himself off in front of the microphones. “If he has two Formula 1 World Cups, it’s thanks to me”Pérez released to everyone’s surprise.
A tense moment that the team took care of lowering with an official statement and publishing statements by the Mexican in which he praised Verstappen. everything stayed there. But now a few words from the Dutchman could cause that tension to return in the box.
In ‘Viaplay’, Verstappen seems to have sent a notice to Pérez talking about the “second drivers” and the “role they must accept”. Give as an example Valtteri Bottaswho was Lewis Hamilton’s squire at Mercedes.
“Bottas has achieved a lot of podiums, as well as some wins and pole positions. Every year he started from scratch, but after a few races you realize that it’s not going to happen this time either and that you have to accept your role You can’t live in a fairy tale,” Verstappen explains.
Ask for “accept” that the pilots next door “are better”: “You have to accept that the driver next to you is a little better than you and that’s fine, these are things that can happen.”
“It’s important that he came to understand, there are some drivers who can’t do that and then it goes completely wrong. They can’t survive in Formula 1 for many years. I will not say names“, says the Dutchman, who leaves a very important message on the air.
And although he makes it clear that he is not going to say names, everything indicates that he is referring to his partner, Pérez. The one that he threatened to rebel after Verstappen did not let him go to fight for the runner-up against the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.