Red Bull seems to be “scared” of Max Verstappen, so Zak Brown launches vicious shots at Christian Horner.
In the lead-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix, Zak Brown and Christian Horner have rekindled their rivalry.
Red Bull and Christian Horner, according to Zak Brown, are “scared” of Max Verstappen since the defending champions wouldn’t call out the Dutchman for his extremely defensive driving in Austria.
In Spielberg, the three-time champion’s defend-at-all costs strategy ultimately cost him and Lando Norris, but his opponent was the one who came out of their lap-64 contact worse off. The stewards gave Verstappen a 10-second penalty for his actions, but Red Bull stood by their driver and didn’t criticize his aggressive driving.
This attitude caused some controversy when McLaren team principal Andrea Stella stated that Verstappen had previously been able to get away with using similar tactics during his title duel with Lewis Hamilton in 2021. Echoing the notion, Brown said that Horner and Red Bull are “encouraging” the behavior and called it an issue of “respect.”
In an interview with The Independent, Brown stated: “It appears that Red Bull is afraid of Max.” Our drivers can count on our honesty. Why should he assume otherwise if no one informs him that what he did was against the law?
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The chiefs of Red Bull and McLaren have a history of animosity that predates this episode. Brown’s criticism of the Milton Keynes-based team’s 2021 budget cap violation was emphatic.
Brown went on to express his deeper annoyance with Red Bull’s team principle, saying, “I only react to things when I think they’re wrong.” I take a stand on subjects.He just seems to say and do things that I find incorrect, therefore it feels like I have more problems with him than with others. We weren’t in a competition with them during the cost-cap [saga], so it’s less about getting under each other’s skin and fighting.Simply put, I believed that the cost cap’s integrity was essential to Formula One’s success and that, if it weren’t taken seriously,
