Max Verstappen has downplayed reports of a ‘row’ between his manager, Raymond Vermeulen, and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko following the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

After a disappointing race in Bahrain, Sky Sports ana𝓡lyst Ted Kravitz saw Vermeulen and Marko talking in the paddock.

Kravitz noted that Vermeulen gave Marko “a pieceꦫ of his mind” in a heated exchange.

Verstappen had just finished sixth in Bahrain, overtaking Alpine’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly on the final lap.

, ༒which was tho🌠ught to be the source of Vermeulen’s frustration.

It was also revealed that a ‘crisis me𓆏eting’ took 🅠place, with Christian Horner and Pierre Wache involved with Verstappen, Marko and Vermeulen.

Speaking at the FIA press conference on Thursday, Verstappen spoke for the first time about the di❀scussion between Vermeulen and Marko.

“I think to my knowledge they were having just a conversation a﷽bout e🔯verything which I think is allowed,” Verstappen said.

“Now, if someone picks up on it people can always see it❀ in their own way, right? The way people are discussing things. I think we were all left frustrated with the result 𝔉and the things that went wrong in the race.

“I think that’s where my manager 𝐆Raymond and Helmut spoke about it and even Christian came along as well so they all had a conversation. I think that should be allowed. We all care at the end of the day.

“We care about the team. We care about the people.ꦦ We care about results. I think that’s quite norma🤪l.”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen on 2025 F1 title hopes

Despite Red Bull’s struggles, Verstappen is just eight points behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, who leads the championship.

Verstappen is hopeful that Red Bull are closer to the pace they showed at Suzuka, ❀where he managed to take pole and win the race, with the high-speed corners of Jꦕeddah potentially suiting the RB21 more.

“I am not thinking about that,” Verstappen said. “I just go race by race. Like I said, hopefully it will be better than Bahrain. If we can be a bit in the middle of the two [with Japan] 🌟we can already be happy with that and we just move on. The rest is out of my hands anyway.

“I think at the moment we are not 💮the quickest so naturally it’s very tough to fight for a championship but it’s still a very long road. We were sitting around this time last year - round five - and it was all looking great.

“And then🌞 we all know how the season ended up. I am hopeful that we can still improve thingsꦡ and we will see what we get.”