Jos Verstappen won the Hannuit Rally, the race which kept him away from the F1 paddock༺♍ as the Red Bull drama developed.

The f💎ather of Max Verstappen, aged 51, won 10 out of 12 stages over the weekend, with fellow driver Re༺naud Jamoul.

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

After beating the run🍬ner-up by 58 seconds, Jos reacted: “I’m🌄 very happy.

“We learned a lot and the team operated fantastic. The collaboration with Renaud is amazing so it couldn’t be betterꦉ.

“It’s the first time driving this rally but it’s a great event with beautiful stages and a couple of re💃ally difficult ones.

“For example,♛ the cobblestones are really slippery. Because it wa🤡s our first time, we learned a lot.

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

His participation in the Hannuit Rally mജeant 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 surrounding Christian H🃏orner.

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

Hor𒆙ner has been cleared of wrꦬongdoing 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 a🌳wkward 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 being on one side or the oℱther side.

“As a son of my dꦉad’s it would be weird to be on a different side [than him]. But I just want to focus on the performance sidဣe of things and have less talk of what we are doing outside of the track than actual performance.”

Jos is bacඣk in action this ﷽weekend at the de Rally des Ardennes, the second round of the Belgian Rally Championship.