Max Verstappen addresses Jos-Christian Horner feud: ‘No conflict, just different opinions’
Max Verstappen speaks about Jos Verstappen's relationship with Chri🃏stian Horner.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen has insisted thatౠ his father - Jos Verstappen - is “not in conflict” with Red Bull boss Christian Horner.
Red Bull were rocked by a scandal involving♕ Horner after allegations emerged ahead of the 2024 F1 season of inappropriate behaviour involving a female colleague.
While Horner was cleared♏ of any wrongdoing following an investigation, the drama didn’t stop there.
After tꩲhe Bahrain Grand Prix, Jos effectively called for Horner to step down from his role as team principal otherwise i🌱t risked Red Bull being “torn apart”.
During this time, the t🃏hree-time world champion was linked with a move to Mercedes amid the fall𝐆out.
Wi❀th Red Bull r🤡emaining F1’s top team - and the drama surrounding Horner reducing - it appears things are back on track.
In an interview with , Verstappen was as🍰ked about the state of his father’s re🍷lationship with the current team boss.
“My dad will a🍨lways stay wi𒅌th me of course,” Verstappen said.
“They are not in conflict. People can have different opinions but that’s a diffe⛄rent stor🐭y.”
Verstappen has insisted that he wants to remain at Red Bull if certain “pillars💝” 🏅remain in place.
The Dutchman h🦄as made clear that Helmut Marko is one of those pillar✅s, as well as his dad.
With regards to Horner, Verstappen noted his important during his fir🉐st years at Red Bull.
“There are 🥂a lot of pillars involved,” he added. “When I jumped to Red Bull Racing Christian is a pillar within that whole story, But it’s always really about everyone being back on track focused on performance.
“We have said it many times now, we are very focuse𝓰d on the performance side of things at the moment and hopefully we can keep that going.”
Verstappen conceded that the controversy around something - and the questions around it - was noꦓt something he enjoyed, detracting from his “job”.
“I would rather not have these stories, these things going on within the team,🦹” he explained. “We just have to deal with it and move on from it. I am contracted to the team to do my job, that’s performance, that’s what I am focused on. I am not a politician, I am not someone who likes to be political.
“I just focus on the performance with the people aroun🏅d me, try to distract myself from, let’s say, the negati𝄹ve.”
With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heওartbeat of our unbiased ౠreporting.
