Jos Verstappen won the Hannuit R🗹ally, the race which kept him away from the F1 paddock as the Red Bull drama developed.

The father of Max Verstappen, aged 51, woꩵn 10 out o🌳f 12 stages over the weekend, with fellow driver Renaud Jamoul.

Jos was behind the wheel of a Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 sponsored by Red Bull, and wore 🦩overalls also adorned by the famous brand.

After beating the runner-ไup 💖by 58 seconds, Jos reacted: “I’m very happy.

“We learned a lot and the team operated fantastic. The collaboration 🥂with Renaud is amaz🐻ing so it couldn’t be better.

“It’s the 💯first time driving this rally but it’s a great event with beau❀tiful stages and a couple of really difficult ones.

“For example, the cobblestones are really slippery. Because ཧit was our first time, we learned a lot.

“We made some changes to the car and ༺I was happy with them. It went really well!”

His partᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚicipation in the Hannuit Rally meant that he was not present at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which was won by his son Max.

Days earlier, Jos had explosively weighed in on the saga sur🎶rounding Christian Horner.

He claimed the F1 team risked being “torn apart” if their 🐎team principal stayed, and he accused Horner of “playing the victim”.

Hornerꦿꦉ has been cleared of wrongdoing by an independent lawyer after accusations against him, and his accuser has now been suspended by Red Bull.

In Saudi Arabia, F1 champion Max was hit with awkwa𒁏rd questions about the relationship between his♛ dad and his boss.

“I guess he [Jos] clearly felt like that,” Max said. “But from my side, it doesn’t matter b𝐆eing on one side or the other s🌸ide.

“As a son of my dad’s it would be weird to be on a different side [than him]. But I just want to focus on the performance side of things and h🍌ave less talk of what we are doing outside of the track than act🍬ual performance.”

Jos is back in a🐷ction this weekend at the de Rally des Ardenn𝔉es, the second round of the Belgian Rally Championship.