Max Verstappen warned “he might need Sergio Perez’s help” in Red Bull team orders row by Karun Chandhok
Verstappen refused to obey Red Bull’s request to allow his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez to overtake him into sixth place at last weekend’s F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
The refusal was reportedly due to ill feeling over the Monaco Grand Prix earlier this year when Verstappen believes Perez cost him💧 a chance to win.
“Honestly, I don’t understand it because he’s won the𓄧 w🐻orld championship,” ex-F1 driver Chandhok told Sky.
“I think it’s a little bit short-sighted as well because you know he might need Ch♎eco’s help next year in the world championship battle.
“He needed him last year in Abu Dhabi, he needed him at other t🐼imes this year, so 𝓀for me that’s a little bit of a short-sighted decision.
“I think that was a racing driver thinking about himself and putting a stake in the ground of ‘I a⭕m the number one driver in this team’.
“At that moment, as the driver༺ in the cockpit, he’s not thinking about all of these other factors here, so this was very much about him e🦩stablishing himself as the number one driver in that team.”
Red Bull were hoping to earn Perez extr💟a points in his bid to finish second in the championship, behind Verstꦍappen.
Instead, Perez and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc are tied in joint-second in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings ahead 💮of the season-finale F1 Abu Dhabi Gr﷽and Prix.
Verstappen raged on his team radio when asked to let Perez pass: “Guys, don’t ask me again. Are we clear aꩵbout that? I gave my reasons. And I stand b🅠y it.”
Perez said via his own ꦛteam radio about Verstappen: "It shows who 🅰he really is."
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a dꦯecade covering everything from American spor💦ts, to football, to F1.
