Angry Jos Verstappen doesn’t trust Christian Horner to save “serious situation”

Jos Verstappen demands Red Bull "not always glo꧑ss over e🐟verything"

Jos Verstappen
Jos Verstappen

Jos Verstappen has launched a scathing criticism of Red Bull and Christian Horner after the F1 Dutch Grand Prix.

His son Max Verstappen finished ✨as runner-up at his home race to Lando Norris but it was the distance that he trailed behind which was the major concern.

McLaren’s Norris won by a 22-second marg꧃in, and Verstappen is now winless in five consecutive grands prix heading to Monza this weekend.

"More than 20 seconds isꦫ a very big disappointment,” the 🐼F1 champion’s outspoken father told .

“Max never had a chance to win. But that's not surprising when you reve🍨rse-engineer the car."

Red B💮ull had reverted to parts used earlier in the season in order to tackle the Zandvoort track.

𒈔"That says it all,” Jos Verstappen said. “The team took the wrong 🍷turn several times.

♕“Internally, you should hold 🐼a mirror up to yourself and not always gloss over everything.

“It is time – if it is not alre🍬ady too late – to question ourselves.

“The good people are lea🐎ving the team. I'm very unhappy with what'sܫ happening."

Chief technology officer Adria🌟n Newey will exit Red Bull next year, and will likely join a rival team, w🅰hile sporting director Jonathan Wheatley will become the Audi team principal.

Jos Verstappen continued: "You can't sugarcoat it anymore, the sit🐻uation is serious.

“Max won't be satisfied with having 🦄a car like that. Now it's up to Horner to get the team back on track."

Verstappen Senior was asked iౠf he trusts Horner’s ability to return the team to winning ways.

"I'll be surprised, but at the moment I'm saying no,” Jos Veღrstappen ✃said.

“A lot has to happen. The whole spirit h💟as to chang♉e."

The relationship between the Red Bull team p𝓡rincip🌠al and the father of the team’s star driver has been edgy all year.

Earlier this season,🃏 Verstappen Senior called for Horner to lose his job.

Verstappen senior also unusually took to social media to dispel a theory that his son had driven slowly, not maximising his carꦰ, because he had no chance 🐼of overtaking Norris.

A comment on social media read: “There was no need for Max to go all out. Whether you finish 2nd at 4 orꦑ at 23 seconds you get the same number of points.”

But Jos Verstappen wryly replied: “Then yꦯou haven't understood it yet.”

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