Formula 1 king Max Verstappen is not only for his unique vehicle control and its tough racing racing, but also for clear announcements. Now, however, the Dutchman announces a change of gearbox for his behavior.
Max Verstappen rarely stops behind the mountain with his opinion. If something does not fit him, he says the Klipp and clearly, the Formula 1 fans worldwide are regular witnesses when “Mad Max” escapes from Red Bull in the team radio from Red Bull via his car and his people.
Renning engineer Ganpiero Lambiase is often on the other, wrong end of the radio management and gets the anger from Verstappen. The world champion has now recognized that he and Red Bull has not helped him with this in an interview with “The Athletic”.
“When I’m mad because of something and you (his team, note of the editor) hear that I am angry, it also does something with them because they think: ‘Oh, Max is angry, we cannot speak to him.’ Or they become a little nervous, “recapitulated Verstappen his behavior.
In the future, the 27-year-old wants to take a different course. “You have to try to be too motivating and support, which is not always easy if you have dominated as a team and then fall back,” said Verstappen.
Formula 1: Verstappen wants to continue talking to Red Bull Tacheles
After four titles in a row and a dominance in the meantime, Red Bull is clearly sagged in the 2025 season and is currently only fourth strength behind McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes.
Accordingly, Verstappen’s radio and curse frequency has increased significantly.
Tacheles wants to speak the Dutch with all the desired prudence. “If you can’t be honest and critical to each other, it doesn’t work,” he said. “I think it is important that you can deal with criticism even in the most difficult phases.”
Verstappen took third place behind the McLaren pilots Oscar Piatri and Lando Norris for the summer break of the F1 season. In the past few months, stubborn rumors about a change from the Red Bull star to Mercedes had kept themselves. These are now definitely off the table – Verstappen will also drive for Red Bull in 2026.